280. Clown Shoes Beer (Boston, MA) - Galactica

“Defender of the intergalactic downtrodden, conqueror of bad beers and long-winded evildoers, Galacatica soars with ease from one star system to the next. Her dual-hop staff disperses justice, freedom, and intense hop flavor. Dry hopped with Galaxy hops, this Double IPA balances a hop profile of light bitterness and notes of tropical fruit, citrus, and pine with a clean malt backbone.”

The first sip was strongly malty up front, with an upright, bitter caramel finish; and then the fruit opened up a little bit as it warmed. At the moment, I am not sure that this particular beer really knows what it wants to be; but I also suspect that a second, poured into a cold, clean mug, might give me a better idea of where it’s at. However, at 8%, the second one will have to wait until tomorrow—or, actually…maybe Sunday. I can’t quite believe it, but I’m going back to work tomorrow. Granted…it’s the only day this week that I am going to work…and might be the only day I go to work until next weekend…but hey…um…yeah. I still get to file for unemployment, but since I will have to say that I have worked, that’s just going to send up a red flag that will take the unemployment people another eight fucking weeks to call me about. Yeah…you know what…I’m going to have that second one now. Fuck this shit.