Hop Trip is a seasonal ale from Deschutes that's claim to fame is a four hour trip from hop field to the brewery's kettles. The result is a wonderfully balanced, fresh hop tasting beer that is extremely drinkable and thirst quenching. The beer pours a lovely honey in the glass with an ample, creamy, lingering head. It's nose is tangerine and piney. In the mouth it is mildly carbonated, sweet with a medium hoppy finish -- it felt very balanced. I tasted apricots and pine in mine. Medium alcohol in this made it easy to drink the entire 1 pt 6 oz quicker than I would have thought. I could have gone for another. Dean and I both loved this beer and welcome getting some more before the end of the season. We toasted, in arrears, Ali Akhbar Kahn, the famous sarod player from India who passed away last June (I didn't realize this until the day before our Beer Club).
Every Sunday Don and Dean host the Sunday Beer Club. Our mission? To try a new beer we've never had every Sunday. That's work if you live in Utah, so it's up to us to try and make it happen. Special guests like Jim and Roni, Tina, Melissa, Stephen and Amy also make semi-regular appearances. Don LaVange - 801 210-0446
Dean and I both loved this beer and welcome getting some more before the end of the season. We toasted, in arrears, Ali Akhbar Kahn, the famous sarod player from India who passed away last June (I didn't realize this until the day before our Beer Club).
