Special Delivery

After SAVOR, all things beer slowed down in my life for a few days. I have been super busy at school wrapping up the year. Only three days left until summer vacation!

Becky, a friend and fellow beer-lover, brought us some goodies last week from Munster, Indiana :) 
It's like Christmas in June! 

When Justin and I hosted a neighborhood beer tasting in early March, we went through a couple bottles of Dark Lord, courtesy of Becky. She came through once again with some delectable Three Floyds' spring treats.

Dreadnaught is Three Floyd's year-round double IPA. Justin and I have not opened it yet, so I will report back with tasting notes later.

We also got Arctic Panzer Wolf- we thought it was a draft-only release, but as one can clearly see from the picture, it's bottled. Yay! It's also a double IPA (seasonal). I am so excited to try this. Somehow we have showed restraint and not opened this one yet either.

We also got a six pack of their IPA, Alpha King (pictured on left). We traded two of our Alpha Kings with our neighbor Marc, for two of his fresh Gumballheads (an American Wheat Ale- pictured on right).

On Sunday night, Justin took me to the Indigo Girls concert at Wolftrap for my birthday. I offered to drive so Justin could drink (he is not a huge IG fan!) Justin was enjoying his Alpha King and let me try a sip. It was AMAZING. Extremely hoppy, citrusy, and resiny all at once, with a solid malt backbone, just the way an  American pale ale should be (with that extra boost of delicious Pacific Northwest hops). If Three Floyds markets this as their pale ale, I cannot wait to try the Panzer Wolf and Dreadnaught.
Anyways, as Justin was drinking his Alpha King, one of the guys from the group next to us tapped us on the shoulder and asked us where the hell we got Three Floyds around here. We explained a friend brought it from the brewery, and we got to talking about craft beer. Turns out the guy (whose name is Chris by the way) is also a craft beer fanatic and not only that, both he and Justin had both brought Hopslam to the concert! We exchanged contact information during the "Galileo" finale and we are hoping to meet up over a beer sometime soon.
Cheers!