The alcohol presence is smartly minimized, and it remains eminently drinkable. The flavor is noticeably fuller and sweeter than lower alcohol IPAS. Double dry-hopped with six pounds per barrel of Galaxy and Mosaic hops, the beer’s nose is filled with mango and a solid bready malt base at first, followed by a long line of orange, lemon, passion fruit, and mango notes. It pours with a solid pale golden hue with a medium level of even haze. Cloud Candy’s big brother Cosmic Distortion is similarly situated. Yet the muted bitterness of these new wave IPAs often makes the Double sized versions much easier to palate. Today, IPAs, especially of the hazy variety, tend to have higher alcohol levels. The beer is double dry-hopped with Citra, Mosaic, and Amarillo hops and finishes mildly dry but with occasional flecks of sweetness.īy their very definition, a Double India Pale Ales should signify a substantial jump in hops and alcohol. The mouthfeel is smooth and mildly light, cascading gently across the palate with no astringency or bitterness to stand out. The resulting flavor is a cavalcade of fruit loops, including tangerine, orange, mango, and other citrus fruits. There is a mild but suppressed sweetness in the aroma for balance.
The aroma explodes with notes of a wide variety of fruits, ranging from mango and papaya to pineapple and touches of orange. It pours with a deep, thick, and hazy orange hue and a substantial dollop of off-white foam. Perhaps as far removed from a protein beer as one could get, Mighty Squirrel’s popular flagship is a delightful and classic hazy New England India Pale Ale. Let’s take a look at Mighty Squirrel’s beer portfolio. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mighty Squirrel’s growth initially slowed but the business pivoted, added a huge new outdoor beer garden, and focused on its line of hazy India Pale Ales. They went big out of the gate, launching with a 3O-barrel system and a sizable space. By late 2O18, the pair decided to go in a different direction with their beers and opened a more traditional craft beer focused taproom and brewery in Waltham. But looking to other protein-forward products, the pair forged on, contract brewing their beers out of Von Trapp Brewery in Vermont. Plenty of craft beer fans shook their heads in confusion, as the public had not exactly been clamoring for a protein fortified beer. The hook? The beers contained five grams of protein per bottle, more than double the amount found in most craft beers. In 2O15, partners Naveen Pawar and Henry Manice released beers under the Mighty Squirrel name. Some of these creative endeavors have run afoul of federal regulators, including New Century Brewing Company’s famed but short-lived caffeinated Moonshot beer, which the Food and Drug Administration regulated out of existence in 2O11. When it comes to unusual ingredients, breweries in the Commonwealth have used everything from heather and breakfast cereals to lobsters. Some of these have been great successes (Boston Beer’s perennially popular Utopias on the positive side versus the company’s garlic beer on the not so positive side). They have beer on tap and you can purchase cans to go.Massachusetts breweries have long pushed the envelope when it comes to ingredients, brewing practices, and marketing efforts. On December 7th of 2018, Mighty Squirrel opened a Brewery and Taproom on Waverly Oaks Rd in Waltham, only a few minutes from Bentley’s campus. Henry said, “It has been a brewer’s top priority for the past 12,000 years to remove barley protein from beer because of the affects it has on the stability of beer.” This was a very difficult task and they made thousands of prototypes in the kitchen before finally brewing a flavorful and refreshing beer that contains four grams of true protein. The co-founders bought a home brewing system and started firing on all cylinders to brew a delicious, protein-filled beer. They started home-brewing before eventually taking their activities to a real brewery in 2013. The brewery began operations in 2011 when two friends, Henry Manice and Naveen Pawar decided to create a beer with more protein than ever before.
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