Beer Sampling - Greenbush Brewing Co. Brother Benjamin

I alluded to my capture of a 4-pack of Greenbush Brewing Co.'s Brother Benjamin in a brewery review from a couple weeks back. The Sawyer, MI brewery's Imperial IPA offering checks in at 10.1%abv and 114 IBUs...pretty serious business for a heady imperial. I had hoped to hang on to this beer for a bit but am now two-deep into the four-pack. It's probably not going to make it to Xmas, but at this point...who cares!? 'They' say you shouldn't store and save your IPAs anyway...

So here are my tasting notes:

Brother Benjamin - 10.1%abv; 114 IBUs; imperial IPA; poured in to my non-traditional tulip pint, the color up front is caramel or deep amber; heading-wise, there is some solid beige froth; consistent lacing that stays sip after sip; the beer is very rich in citrus aromas with a touch of dry floral; there are some additional notes of grapefruit and cake-bread; the hops used in this beer 'feel' really bite-y, with a lot of pine-forward and semi-bitter finishes; you can taste the booze in this, although that doesn't make it un-balanced; it's also full of grapefruit notes on the back-end. This is a pretty big beer from such a small brewery, but I love having a taste of MI back here in CO and I'll buy this again when I head back.

Greenbush Brewing Co's Imperial IPA: Brother Benjamin. 'Prepare to be mystified!'