SPRING
picks
BY CHRIS PHELPS
Deep Ellum IPA
Red and White
A flagship beer for Deep Ellum Brewing Company, Deep Ellum
Dogfish Head’s Red and White is a heavy 10% ABV Belgian-style
IPA is a 7% ABV American IPA brewed in Dallas, Texas. It has a
Witbier brewed with coriander, orange peel, and fermented with
citrusy hop aroma and pours an amber color with a thick head. It’s
pinot noir juice. It has a wheat aroma with slightly sweet orange
surprisingly an easy drinker for an IPA. A bitter flavor that’s balanced
characteristics and a spicy flavor with lots of coriander and citrus
by tropical fruit and floral characteristics. Deep Ellum IPA pairs well
notes. Overall it’s an interesting take on a Belgian Wit but not as
with typical American bar fare. deepellumbrewing.com
interesting as it could have been and left us wanting more from this
Deep Ellum Brewing Company
Dogfish Head
self proclaimed “Off Centered” brewery. dogfish.com
Foot Print
Peach Sour
Odell Brewing Co
Odell Foot Print is an ambitious effort featuring 11 ingredients
512 Brewing Co.
from each of the 11 states it distributes to (a.k.a. its “footprint”).
512 Peach Sour is one of the more elusive small batch beers to hit
Though admittedly not usually a fan of strong ales, I decided
the Austin beer scene recently. It has a strong sour peach aroma
to give this a try anyway based mostly on intrigue of the list of
with lots of sour flavor and carbonation up front, which eventually
ingredients, including Arizona Prickly Pear, Texas grapefruit, and
begins to mellow and highlight the peach flavors as it warms up.
New Mexico green chili. It has a sweet aroma and tastes mostly of
Peach Sour is a strong effort by 512, which isn’t specifically known
grain and malt sweetness with a bitter hoppy flavor and quite a bit
for brewing sour beers, and