Back in the Saddle... Again

After a L.O.N.G. hiatus I am back with lots of different stories and even more different brewery/beer experiences. Sometimes when we are thick in the weeds of life we neglect ourselves and forget to stop and smell the roses... or in this case, the beer.

While I have been to a lot of different breweries since I was last here, I was able to get down to my favorite Rhode Island brewery last week, Tilted Barn. They recently re-brewed 'Pour Sap' a brown ale that they brew with maple syrup from a farm down the road. Typically, I do not like brown ales as I do not like beer that is overly malty,but this is a very special brown ale.

At first it has a smell of dark brown sugar, sweet and syrupy with a distinct light boozy smell. In the glass it is a rich and hazy brown with a gorgeous light white head. The first sip is heaven. The sweetness does not come from the malt with most brown ales,
but does come from the maple syrup.

The initial sip is light and flavorful with that aforementioned sweetness that is so smooth it is essentially velvet on your tongue. That lingering sweetness rests in your mouth long after the sip is gone and compounds with each sip long after the beer is gone.

It is likely still at the brewery so I recommend HIGHLY that you visit the barn and get yourself a pour before it runs out.