There are certain beers that you hear about but never get a chance to try outside of a festival, a limited release party, or maybe a bottle share. If you live in SoCal you know that Bootlegger's Brewing Knucklesandwich is one of these beers. This Fullerton made beer has developed quite a cult following and I was lucky enough to get a bottle at a recent trip to the brewery.
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Knucklesandwich pours a clear, bright orange hue with a clean, flat snow white head. The instant you open this beauty, the tropical, citrusy aroma fills the air - once poured and swirled the aroma intensifies - hit of hops and a smooth slightly sweet malty scent join the tropical citrus aroma. The taste, wow talk about a big slap of awesome right to the face. Like the aroma, the first thing you taste is a big hit of orange and tropical citrus, this is followed by a enormous hop kick, and finished with a nice balanced slightly sweet malt finish. None of the flavors are overpowering, they just flow into each other, like a greatest hits album of beer goodness.
This beer certainly is a Knucklesandwich and well deserving of its feverish cult following. I have no idea how they pack so much flavor into each delicious sip and frankly I don't care. This beer is simply amazing - I guess it is probably good that you can't just walk into your favorite craft beer store and pick up a Knucklesandwich everyday. It is a special, unique beer that If you can ever get your hands on it - you just gotta get one.
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