Out Of Key Brewing

On Saturday night I had a chance to taste popskull from the cask.

There was a quite alot of hype about Popskull.  It was the first beer that I tried.  It was the first beer that alot of people tried.  Perhaps it was the excess hype around it.  Perhaps when two great brewers get together, you expect more.  I cant say for sure.

While this beer is not a bad beer it is not great either. It is certainly not something that I will be hunting out.  Nor will I be spending $15 for a deuce of it.

The beer exhibits quite mild flavors.  It tastes of caramelized fruits and is quite smooth.  There is little hop aroma.  It pours a reddish brown with a small quickly dissipating head.

Thats it.  Thats all I have.

Now that being said.  I have thought a lot about posting this and whether my view of the beer is as a result of too high expectations.  I made every attempt at being objective in tasting this beer.  Is it possible that my expectations were too high.  Maybe. Only time will tell how well it will be received.

I was not blown away by it.  Its a good beer.  Not Great.