I-Heady Topper : Ukuba uvile ngako, mhlawumbi unokuba ngumxhasi webhiya okanye uhlala kwiVermont. Le-IPA i-Double-hoed-up-breed-brefty-brefty I-Alchemist e-Waterbury, i-Vermont, ine-buzz ephezulu kuneyona nyuki, kwaye ekubeni i-crystal ibhetele kwihlabathi , i-e-orange-orange ephethe intloko ekhohlakeleyo iyakhohlisa i-nectar kubaxhamli bebhiya abakhulu. Emva kokusampula i-Heady Topper okokuqala ngoJuni 2013, ndiyakwazi ukuqinisekisa: Kufanelekile ukuqhubela iVermont nje ukuba ulawule lo mfuzo, oye wafumana amanqaku aphelele "100" ukusuka kwi-RateBeer kunye neBher Advocate.
Ukudibana kwintloko yam intloko kwenzeke kwindawo yokutyela yaseHen ye-Wood e-Waterbury, ephantse i-Alchemist. Ndandibuhlungu ngaphezu kokukhethwa kwamenyu xa ndabona ubhiya kwiluhlu lokusela. Ndandivumile ukuba iVermont yayisekhaya elibhekisele kwiibhiya ezibalaseleyo emhlabeni, ngoko ndazibona ngokukhawuleza eli lililo lithuba elifunekayo lokubamba. Kwaye xa ndandidlalele iglasi ye-Heady Topper kwidrafti, kwakulula ukukhetha ukubhala okutyayo: ii-oysters eziliweyo.
Abahlobo be-Facebook kunye nabalandeli be-Twitter babe neempendulo ezimbini xa ndabelana ngesithombe se-brew ezingavamile: Ngaba ndifuna umncedisi? kwaye ndicinga ntoni? Ndaphendula: "Ndiphangiwe ngamanye amabhiya ngoku, ngoko ndicinga ukuba kufuneka ndihambe eVermont."
Ngokuqhelekileyo, ndifumana i-IPAs ebuhlungu. I-Header Topper yayibonakala ilula kwaye itywala, nokuba yingozi: i-8% ibhiya! Oku ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabini umxholo wobutywala obushushu obushushu: Amstel Light. Ngomsoco omnandi we-citrus kunye nobunzima obunxulunyaniswa ngokukhawuleza, i-Heady Topper enye yahlala yonke indlela ngokusebenzisa i-dessert.
I-Alchemist brews nje le bhiya enye. Kutheni ucoceke ngokugqibeleleyo? Ngelishwa, nje ngehlobo lohlobo lwase-2014, bavale indawo yabo yokutya kunye nevenkile yokuthengisa nge-35 kwi-Crossroad e-Waterbury, eVermont.
Nangona i-Alchemist iye yanyusa ukuveliswa kwe-heady Topper ngokuphawulekayo ukuya kwi-barrels ezili-180 ngeveki ukususela nge-30 ngeveki evezile xa ivula i-Alchemist Cannery ngo-2011, kusekho okwaneleyo kweso sibalo sehlabathi ukubonelela ngeVermonters ezinxaniweyo: abayi kuwufumana ngaphandle kwemigca yombuso.
Ukuba unethemba lokusampula ingilazi okanye ukuthatha amathanga asekhaya, apho i-Where To Buy guide iya kukunceda ufumane i-Heady Topper kwi-Vermont yaseMad River Valley kunye neendawo ezininzi zaseBurlington nase-Stowe.
Qaphela, nangona kunjalo: Kunokuba nzima ukufumana i-heady Topper, kweso sixeko esikhulu kunazo zonke saseVermont. Ngexesha lokuhlala kwam kwi- Hotel Vermont eBurlington, ndicinga ukuba ukuhamba okufutshane ukuya kwiVermont yotywala yokugqibela kwakuya kubakho konke okufunekayo. Xa ndicela i-Heady Topper e-Burlington Bay Market & Cafe, ke ke, umqeshwa wahleka encinci kwaye wachaza ukuba bathengisa ngaphandle kwentsuku emva kokuhambisa kwaye bebengenayo ibhiya esitokisini kude kube ngoLwesine ... ngosuku emva kokuhamba kwam . Wandincoma ngokukhululekile ukuba ndibe neenhlanhla ezingcono kwiBearing Street yaseBurlington yePearl, ngoko ke amaqabane endwendwela ukuhamba nawo ajoyina kumgama ongama-15 ukuya kwi 240 Pearl Street. Ndandonwabile kakhulu (ewe, ibhiya yinto enhle) ukubona indoda e-burly emgceni ophethe i-ounce, i-16-ounce, amathangi esiliva ... kwaye nethemba ukuba ayingeyena ipakethe emine egcina esitolo kuba naye ndigubungele ukuba ndiwubambe phantsi!
Sifumene amacala ambalwa e-Heady Topper ahlala ekhona kwi-cool-in cooler: I-pack pack amane ibuyisele i-$ 14.10 emva kweerhafu kunye ne-deposit. Ndiyazi ngoku ukuba nethamsanqa ukufumana oko.
Xa ndibiza iPearl Street Beverage ngoMgqibelo ngo-Agasti 2013 ukuqinisekisa intengo, umqeshwa wesitolo waphendula ifowuni ngokuthi: "Sawubona, isonka sePearl Street. NgoLwesithathu ngoMeyi ka-2015, xa ndibizile kwakhona ukuhlaziywa kwamanani, ndafunda i-Heady Topper yithengisa kakhulu kwi-13.49 yepakethi emine, kodwa isitokweni sePearl Street-esithunyelwa kwangaphambili-esele sihambe ngokupheleleyo .
Kwakungekho ndlela endingahamba nayo ekhaya ngaphandle kwesi sikhumbuzo esasifuna, nangona kunjalo. Xa ndandithumela umyeni wam iindaba, "Ndiyisele into ebhetele yehlabathi," waphendule ngelinye igama: "Unomona."
Kodwa ngaba i-Heady Topper ingayinambitha into enhle ukusuka kwinqanaba njengokuba yenziwe kwidrafti? Omnye ukuphalaza kwakukho konke okufunekayo ukubonisa ukuba i-Alchemist iye yafezekisa inkqubo yayo yokukhanda, ekhusela i-golden fluid kwi-oksijini kunye nokukhanya kwe-UV.
"Phuza kwinqanaba," lithetha ngemibandela enesibindi, kodwa xa uBruce ecela abahlobo bebhiya ukuba banandiphe umdla wabo wokuqala, bafumanisa ukuba bayithande kangcono xa bethululelwa ngentloko ekhanda.
Umntakwabo uBob wabuya wathi: "Unako ukuvumba i-hops," kwaye umhlobo wam omdala umyeni wam uAlex wathi: "Kunzima, xa ndizama, kukho into eyahlukileyo." Baye baqokelela ukuba i-Heady Topper ilayishwe ngumbumba ofihlakeleyo lweehapu ezintandathu-intyatyambo nganye ebolekisa ukunambitheka okucacileyo. UBruce, owathi u-Heady Topper wayeqhumisa isiphumo kunye neziqhamo eziqholiweyo kwaye wayilungisa into yam yokuqala: "Awukwazi ukuxelela oku ku-8% ibhiya."
Ngokungafani nezinye ii-IPA ezinamandla, ezifana ne-Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA, i-Heady Topper "ayinayo inzondo ehlala nawe," kusho uBroce.
"Okokuqala, ungaziva utywala emva komqala wakho. Emva koko, kuhamba kakuhle, kwaye kulungile," kuchazwa uBob.
U-Alex wagcina ilula: "Ndiyonwabile.
Ngoko, ukuba uthanda ubhiya, yenza isicwangciso sokutyelela iVermont. Kodwa kungcono uhlale iintsuku ezimbalwa kwaye uzibambelele ubuncinci bokuzingela. Ndandifowunela i-Alchemist ngeli xesha ndibhalela le, kwaye, kwaye bathengiswa ngezobhengezo zabo! (Ngo-2014, ivenkile yokuthengisa kwi-brewery ivaliwe.)
I-Vermont ingahlala indawo kuphela emhlabeni apho ubhiya obugqibeleleyo bunokufumaneka khona ixesha elide.