I-Heady Topper : Uma uke wezwa ngakho, kungenzeka ukuthi ungumculi webhiya noma ohlala eVermont. Lokhu i-IPA ephazamisekile i-Double IPA eyenziwe yi-small craft brewery I-Alchemist e-Waterbury, e-Vermont, ine-buzz ngaphezulu kunezinyosi zezinyosi, futhi njengoba ishaywe ubhiya obuhle kakhulu emhlabeni , i-golden-orange liquid enekhanda elikhanyelayo selikhohlise umpe wezinyosi eziphuza kakhulu. Ngemuva kokutadisha i-heady Topper okokuqala ngqa ngo-Juni 2013, ngiyakwazi ukuqinisekisa: Kufanelekile ukushayela i-Vermont nje ukunambitha lokhu kudla, okuthole izilinganiso eziphelele "ezingu-100" kusuka kokubili i-RateBeer neBer Advocate.
Ukuhlangana Kwami Okuphezulu KwamaHlathi kwenzeka e-Hen of the Wood izindawo zokudlela e-Waterbury, okuyinto engamamitha amahlanu ukusuka ku-Alchemist. Ngangikhathazekile ngaphezu kokukhethwa kwamenyu lapho ngibona ubhiya ohlwini lwesiphuzo. Ngangizwa iVermont yayisekhaya lebhiya elilinganiselwe kakhulu emhlabeni, ngakho-ke ngabona ngokushesha ukuthi lokhu kwakungethuba lokubamba. Futhi uma ngilawule ingilazi ye Heady Topper ekuqalisweni, kwakulula ukukhetha ukubambisana kokudla: ama-oyster othosiwe.
Abangane be-Facebook nabalandeli be-Twitter babenemibono emibili lapho ngabelana ngesithombe se-brew ezingavamile: Ngidinga umsizi? futhi ngicabange ngani? Ngaphendule: "Ngiphangiwe kwezinye izinyosi manje, ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele ngisuse kuVermont."
Ngokuvamile, ngithola i-IPAs ebuhlungu. I-Heady Topper yayinebushelelezi futhi idakiwe, kodwa: yingozi ku-8% ubhiya! Lokhu kungaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kokuqukethwe kotshwala kwesifo sami esivamile: Amstel Light. Ngokunambitheka okumnandi kwe-citrus kanye nokuyinkimbinkimbi okudinga ukuziphumula, i-Heady Topper eyodwa yahlala yonke indlela ngokusebenzisa i-dessert.
I-Brechemist brews nje lebhiya eyodwa kuphela. Kungani udla ngokuphelela? Ngeshwa, kusukela ehlobo ngo-2014, baye bavala igumbi labo lokunambitha endaweni kanye nesitolo sokudayisa ku-35 Crossroad e-Waterbury, eVermont.
Ngisho noma i-Alchemist ikhiqize ukukhiqizwa kwe-Heady Topper ngokuphawulekayo kuya emabhaleni angu-180 ngeviki kusukela ku-30 ngesonto abayikhiphe ngenkathi evula i-Alchemist Cannery ngo-2011, kusekhona okwanele kulolu hlobo lwesigaba sezwe ukunikeza abaVermonters abomile: Wena ngeke ikuthole ngaphandle kwemigqa yesimo.
Uma unethemba lokusampula ingilazi noma ukuthatha amathini, i-Where To Buy guide izokusiza ukuthi uthole i-Heady Topper eVermont's Mad River Valley nasezindaweni ezinkulu kakhulu zaseBurlington naseStowe.
Qaphela, kepha: Kungaba nzima ukuthola i-Heady Topper, ngisho nasedolobheni elikhulu kunazo zonke laseVermont. Ngesikhathi ngisahlala e- Hotel Vermont eBurlington, ngacabanga ukuthi ukuhamba okufutshane kuya kweVermont Liquor Outlet esiseduze kuyoba yilokho okwakudingeka. Ngesikhathi ngicela i-Heady Topper eBurlington Bay Market & Cafe, nokho, isisebenzi sasihleka kancane futhi sachaza ukuthi sithengisa ngaphandle kosuku ngemuva kokubeletha futhi singenaso ubhiya esitokisini kuze kube ngoLwesine ... ngosuku olulandelayo ngemva kokuhamba kwami . Wanikeza ngokukhululekile ukuthi ngingase ngithole inhlanhla engcono eBuffling's Pearl Street Beverage, ngakho-ke abangane bami abahamba phambili bajoyina ngomzila wamaminithi angu-15 kuya ku-240 Pearl Street. Ngangijabule kakhulu (yebo, ubhiya yilokho okuhle) ukubona indoda e-burly emgqeni ophethe i-ounce, ama-16-ounce, amathini esiliva ... futhi ngethemba ukuthi kwakungesiyo ipaki lokugcina esitolo ngoba naye ngithukuthele ukuba ngilwe phansi!
Sithole amacala ambalwa we-Heady Topper asatholakala ku-cooler yokuhamba: Iphakethe elilodwa langibuyisela emuva ku-$ 14.10 emva kwentela nokufaka imali. Ngiyazi manje ukuthi kunenhlanhla ukuthola ukuthi bekuyiyo.
Lapho ngibiza iPearl Street Beverage ngoMgqibelo ngo-Agasti 2013 ukuqinisekisa intengo, isisebenzi sesitolo siphendule ifoni ngokuthi: "Sawubona, Isidlo sePearl Street. Siphuma ku-Heady Topper." NgoLwesithathu ngoMeyi ka-2015, lapho ngiphinde ngibiza ukubuyekezwa kwamanani, ngafunda i-Heady Topper ingathengwa kangako ku-$ 13.49 ngepakethe ezine, kodwa isitoko sePearl Street - esithunyelwe kusasa - sasivele siphelile ngokuphelele .
Kwakungekho indlela engangaya ngayo ekhaya ngaphandle kwalesi sikhumbuzo esasifuna. Lapho ngithumelela umyeni wami izindaba, "Ngiphuzile ubhiya obuhle kakhulu emhlabeni," waphendula ngegama elilodwa: "Uhawu."
Kodwa ingabe i-Heady Topper ingayinambitheka njengento enhle kusukela ku-can njengoba kwenza ku-draft? Ukuphuza okulodwa kwakuwukuphela kwami okudingekayo ukufakazela ukuthi i-Alchemist iphinde yafeza inqubo yayo yokugaya i-state-of-the-art, evimbela uketshezi lwegolide kusuka ku-oksijeni nokukhanya kwe-UV.
"Phuza ku-can," kusho emibhalweni enesibindi, kodwa lapho uBruce ecela abahlobo abathandekayo bebhiya ukuba bajabulele ukunambitheka kwabo kokuqala, bathole ukuthi bathande kangcono uma bethuliswa ngekhanda elimhlophe.
Umkhwenyana wami uBob ngokushesha wathi: "Ungakwazi ukuzwa iphunga," futhi umngane wami omdala endodeni u-Alex wathi: "Kuyinkimbinkimbi. Njalo uma ngizama, kukhona okuhlukile." Babethatha ukuthi i-heady Topper ilayishwe ngendwangu eyimfihlo yezinkophe eziyisithupha - imbali ngayinye iboleka ukunambitheka okuhlukile. UBuce, ophawula iphunga lika Heady Topper's fruity and sploral spice futhi wathi: "Awukwazi ukutshela lokhu ubhiya obungu-8%."
Ngokungafani nezinye i-IPAs enamandla, njenge-Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA, i-Heady Topper "ayinayo intukuthelo ehlala nawe," kusho uBruce.
"Ukuphuza kokuqala, ungase uzwe utshwala ngemuva komphimbo wakho. Emva kwalokho, kuhamba kahle, futhi kuhle," kuchaza uBob.
U-Alex wagcina elula: "Ngiyajabula. Kuyinto enhle! Ngiyakuthanda lokhu."
Ngakho-ke, uma uthanda ubhiya, yenza izinhlelo zokuvakashela iVermont. Kodwa kungcono uhlale izinsuku ezimbalwa futhi uzibophezele kancane kancane ukuzingelwa kwengcebo. Ngashayela i-Alchemist ucingo ngenkathi ngibhala lokhu, futhi futhi bathengiswa nge-own signing brew! (Kusukela ngo-2014, isitolo esithengisayo ku-brewery sivaliwe.)
I-Vermont ingahlala indawo kuphela emhlabeni lapho ubhiya ophelele ungatholakala khona isikhathi eside.