Heady Topper : Yog hais tias koj tau hnov ntawm nws, koj yuav yog ib tug connoisseur ntawm npias los yog ib tug neeg nyob hauv Vermont. Qhov no vam meej-ob zaug IPA brewed los ntawm petite khoom siv tes ua Tus Alchemist hauv Waterbury, Vermont, muaj ntau lub buzz tshaj ib tug muv muv, thiab txij li thaum nws tau tau christened zoo npias nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb , qhov kub-txiv kab ntxwv nrog lub taub hau taub hau nectar rau loj npias drinkers. Tom qab kuaj Heady Topper rau thawj zaug rau lub Rau Hli 2013, Kuv tuaj yeem tshawb xyuas: Nws tsim nyog rau tus tsav tsheb mus rau Vermont tsuas yog saj no brew, uas tau txais cov qhab-nees "100" tag nrho los ntawm Tus Tebchaws Thaj Chaw thiab Npaj Teb Beer.
Kuv lub Heady Topper ntsib tshwm ntawm Hen of Wood lub tsev noj mov hauv Waterbury, uas yog ib nrab mais ntawm Alchemist. Kuv twb nyhav dhau ntawm cov zaub mov xaiv thaum kuv pom lub npias rau ntawm daim ntawv teev cov dej haus. Kuv tau hnov Vermont yog tsev rau lub ntiaj teb zoo tshaj plaws-ncig npias, yog li kuv tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo li no yog ib lub sijhawm uas kuv xav tau los txeeb. Thiab ib zaug kuv xav kom ib khob ntawm Heady Topper nyob rau hauv kev tshawb fawb, nws yog ib qho yooj yim uas xaiv ib cov zaub mov ua ke: kib oysters.
Cov phooj ywg Facebook thiab cov followers Twitter tau muaj ob lub siab thaum kuv koom ib daim duab ntawm cov tsawg brew: Kuv puas xav tau tus pab cuam? thiab kuv xav licas? Kuv tau teb tias: "Kuv tau pog rau lwm tus noog tam sim no, yog li kuv xav tias kuv yuav tsum tsiv mus rau Vermont."
Feem ntau, kuv pom cov IPAs iab. Heady Topper heev li thiab haus dej, tab sis: txaus ntshai rau ib qho 8% npias! Tias 's ntau tshaj ob lub cawv ntsiab lus ntawm kuv cov tshuaj lom neeg li niaj zaus: Amstel Light. Nrog citrus tsw zoo thiab qhov tsis yooj yim uas yuav tsum tau ua raws li lub suab qis, ib Heady Topper tau taug kev txhua txoj kev dhau los ntawm khoom noj qab zib.
Cov qoob loo Alchemist no tsuas yog ib npias nkaus xwb. Vim li cas mess nrog perfection? Hmoov tsis, txij thaum lub caij ntuj sov 2014, lawv tau kaw lawv qhov chaw nyob tasting thiab khw muag khoom ntawm 35 Crossroad hauv Waterbury, Vermont.
Txawm tias Alchemist tau nce siab txog Heady Topper ua rau 180 lub fwj xwm txhua lub lim tiam los ntawm 30 txhua lub limtiam uas lawv tau ua thaum lawv qhib lub Alchemist Cannery hauv xyoo 2011, tseem tshuav qee lub ntiaj teb-chav kawm ntawv no kom txaus nqhis dej Vermonters: Koj yuav tsis pom nws sab nraum lub xeev cov kab.
Yog tias koj vam tias yuav coj tus iav los yog nqa cov kav dej hauv tsev, lawv Qhov Chaw Yuav Siv Qhia yuav pab koj nrhiav Heady Topper hauv Vermont tus Mad Valley Valley thiab qhov chaw Burlington thiab Stowe ntau dua.
Yuav tsum tau tos, tab sis: Nws tuaj yeem yuav nrhiav Heady Topper, txawm nyob hauv Vermont lub nroog loj. Thaum kuv nyob ntawm lub Vermont Hotel hauv Burlington, kuv tau pom ib qho kev mus luv luv rau Vermont Liquor Outlet yuav tsum yog txhua yam uas yuav tsum tau muaj. Thaum kuv nug txog Heady Topper ntawm Burlington Bay Market & Cafe, txawm li cas los xij, tus neeg ua haujlwm luag nyav thiab piav tias feem ntau yog muag thaum ib hnub tom qab tus me nyuam thiab tsis muaj lub npas rau hauv Tshuag txog hnub Thursday ... ib hnub tom qab kuv tawm mus . Nws zoo siab tias kuv yuav muaj hmoo dua nyob hauv Burlington txoj kev Pearl Street Haus, yog li kuv tus phooj ywg mus ncig teb chaws tuaj koom nrog kuv mus li ntawm 15 feeb mus rau 240 Pearl Street. Kuv tau zoo siab heev (yog, lub npias yog qhov zoo) mus pom ib tug txiv neej ua neej nyob rau hauv kab tuav lub txawv, 16-ounce, cov kaus poom ... thiab cia siab tias nws tsis yog plaub lub ntim hauv khw vim nws burly rau kuv mus wrestle mus rau hauv av!
Peb pom muaj ob peb lub case ntawm Heady Topper tseem muaj nyob hauv kev taug qab-txias: Ib pob plaub muab kuv rov qab $ 14.10 tom qab se them thiab tso nyiaj. Kuv paub tam sim no muaj hmoo nrhiav nws.
Thaum kuv hu ua Pearl Street Haus rau hnub Saturday nyob rau lub yim hli ntuj xyoo 2013 kom paub meej tias tus nqi, tus neeg ua haujlwm tom khw tau teb xov tooj nrog: "Nyob zoo, Pearl Txoj Kev Haus Dej, Peb nyob ntawm Heady Topper." Nyob rau hnub Wednesday ntawm lub Tsib Hlis Ntuj xyoo 2015, thaum kuv hu ib zaug ntxiv rau ib qho kev hloov tshiab, Kuv kawm Heady Topper me ntsis pheej yig dua $ 13.49 ib plaub pob, tab sis Pearl Street Tshuag - tauj ib hnub dhau los - twb tau tag lawm .
Muaj tsis muaj dab tsi uas kuv yuav mus tsev tsis muaj qhov kev nrhiav tom qab no. Thaum kuv sau kuv tus txiv cov lus, "Kuv tau haus lub ntiaj teb zoo tshaj plaws," nws tau teb ib lo lus: "Cuav."
Tab sis xav Heady Topper saj li zoo los ntawm ib tug ua tau raws li nws tau ua rau cov cua ntsawj ntshab? Ib lub pas nrig yog txhua yam kuv xav tau los ua pov thawj Tus Alchemist tau ua kom tiav nws txoj kev lag luam hauv xeev-tus-kos duab, uas tiv thaiv cov kua kub ntawm cov pa oxygen thiab UV.
"Haus ntawm lub peev xwm," nws hais rau hauv cov lus qhia hauv siab, tab sis thaum Bruce tau caw npias-hlub phooj ywg kom txaus siab lawv thawj zaug saj, lawv pom lawv nyiam nws zoo me ntsis thaum poured nrog lub creamy taub hau.
Kuv tus txiv ntxawm Bob tam sim ntawd hais tias: "Koj tuaj yeem hnov ntxhiab hops," thiab kuv tus txiv tus phoojywg Alex hais tias: "Txhua yam uas kuv sim ua, nws muaj dab tsi txawv." Lawv tau tuaj tos tias Heady Topper yog qhov uas muab zais cia rau ntawm 6 lub hops - txhua paj qiv ib qho txawv. "Nws yog lub npias ntawm npau suav uas kuv tau muaj," Bruce hais tias, nws tau sau Heady Topper's fruity aroma thiab floral spice thiab ncha kuv lub tswv yim thawj zaug: "Koj tsis tuaj yeem qhia qhov no yog 8% npias."
Tsis zoo li lwm lub zog IPAs, xws li cov Sierra Nevada Torpedo Ntxiv IPA, Heady Topper "tsis muaj qhov teeb meem uas qeeb nrog koj," Bruce hais.
"Tus thawj lub cev, koj tuaj yeem hnov cov cawv nyob tom qab ntawm koj lub caj pas, tom qab ntawd, nws smooths tawm, thiab nws zoo tiag tiag," Bob tau piav qhia.
Alex cia nws yooj yim: "Kuv zoo siab, Nws yog qhov ntsej! Kuv nyiam qhov no."
Yog li, yog tias koj nyiam npias, npaj mus xyuas Vermont. Tab sis koj yuav zoo dua nyob ob peb hnub thiab ua rau koj tus kheej rau me ntsis ntawm cov khoom muaj nqis hunt. Kuv hu xov tooj rau Lub Xeeb Alchemist thaum sau ntawv no, dhau mus, thiab lawv tau muag tawm ntawm lawv tus kheej kos npe! (Raws li ntawm 2014, lub khw muag khoom khw muag khoom hauv lub brewery tau kaw.)
Vermont tej zaum yuav nyob twj ywm qhov chaw ntawm lub ntiaj teb qhov chaw uas zoo meej npias tuaj yeem tau ntev.