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Had it on draft, side by side with Hop Addict. It wasn't fair. It wasn't close. It wasn't a competition, it was like like comparing a Ferrari California to a Fiat 500.
Peter you're going to have to have the Smashbomb everywhere now or else convince Bruce to step up his game, because I can't go back.
icemachine wrote:Had it on draft, side by side with Hop Addict. It wasn't fair. It wasn't close. It wasn't a competition, it was like like comparing a Ferrari California to a Fiat 500.
Peter you're going to have to have the Smashbomb everywhere now or else convince Bruce to step up his game, because I can't go back.
Smashbomb on the left, Hop addict on the right
Yeah...it is one of the more aggressively hopped beers in Ontario....
Peter-I know it is optics....What do you think about colour...#1 versus 2? Everyone cool with the bitterness at 70bus?
Version 3 being brewed Friday....no plans right now for any change to the hop bill.
icemachine wrote:Had it on draft, side by side with Hop Addict. It wasn't fair. It wasn't close. It wasn't a competition, it was like like comparing a Ferrari California to a Fiat 500.
Peter you're going to have to have the Smashbomb everywhere now or else convince Bruce to step up his game, because I can't go back.
Smashbomb on the left, Hop addict on the right
Yeah...it is one of the more aggressively hopped beers in Ontario....
Peter-I know it is optics....What do you think about colour...#1 versus 2? Everyone cool with the bitterness at 70bus?
Version 3 being brewed Friday....no plans right now for any change to the hop bill.
I like it Peter, seems most Ontario IPA/PA's are hopped up amber's, this is a real West Coaster. My wife even enjoyed and she's not big on IPA's.
And boy did it ever have great head retention. Like this all the way to the bottom.
You seem to be one of the few that gets it. Is there any other local brewer that takes feedback so seriously and engages this much with the beer geeks? It's been said ad nauseum that Ontario is ripe for a proper west coast IPA on LCBO shelves. Get this sucker on the shelves, and you will deserve the success and accolades that will surely follow.
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You seem to be one of the few that gets it. Is there any other local brewer that takes feedback so seriously and engages this much with the beer geeks? It's been said ad nauseum that Ontario is ripe for a proper west coast IPA on LCBO shelves. Get this sucker on the shelves, and you will deserve the success and accolades that will surely follow.
I agree. I will buy a ridiculous amount of this stuff if/when it hits the LCBO shelves. Can't wait!!!
peterchiodo wrote:
Yeah...it is one of the more aggressively hopped beers in Ontario....
Peter-I know it is optics....What do you think about colour...#1 versus 2? Everyone cool with the bitterness at 70bus?
Version 3 being brewed Friday....no plans right now for any change to the hop bill.
So far I've only had the first batch, but hope to come across #2 before I skip town!
Any chance that you could provide your fanbase with any updates of when we might see this in the LCBO?
Good news....Patty and I are heading to the LCBO this morning to pitch it to the kind folks at the LCBO. We are unlikely to list it in the Beer Store (for obvious reasons).
Had this for the first time this past Friday at Volo. After reading everything here about this new beer, I was really looking forward to it. Most of the people at Volo that night was drinking Smashbomb..........a good sign.
But boy, what a disappointment, IMHO.
To me this beer is just all about the bitterness, and not a pleasant one at that, and nothing else. It was harsh and totally unbalanced, no malt to balance things even a little. There was just a start and that was it; it fell away like a lemming on a cliff. I had 2 mouthfuls and gave it away to a friend who quite liked it, and I moved onto the wonderfully smooth and balanced Durham ESB.
I guess Ontario drinkers still rave about anything with excessive bitterness!