Heady Topper : Inā ua loheʻoe i kēia, he mea pahaʻoe iʻike i ka beer a mea noho paha ma Vermont. ʻO kēia mea i hōʻailonaʻia e Double IPA i kāʻiliʻia e ka mea kālepa liʻiliʻiʻO ka mea mele ma Waterbury, Vermont,ʻoi aʻe kaʻoi aʻe o ka pipi meli, a no ka mea ua poniʻiaʻo ia i ka pia maikaʻi loa i ka honua ,ʻo ka waiʻalani-orange a me ka poʻo poʻaleʻa. ia no nā mea inu waina nui. Ma hope o ka hoʻouluʻana o Heady Topper no ka manawa mua i Iune 2013, hiki iaʻu ke hōʻoia: Pono ia i ka huakaʻi i Vermont eʻono i kēia papa, ua loaʻa iā ia nā "100" mau helu mai nā RateBeer a me ka Beer Advocate.
Ua hālāwai ka poho o kuʻu Heady Topop i ka haleʻainaʻo Hen o Wood ma Waterbury, kahi kokoke i ka hapa mile mai ka meaʻimi mele. Ua kaumaha au i nā koho koho ināʻike wau i ka beer ma ka papa inoa inu. Ua lohe auʻo Vermont i home no ka pia maikaʻi loa o ka honua, no laila uaʻike koke wau he manawa kūpono kēia e pono ai iaʻu e hopu. A i ka manawa i kauoha aku ai au i kahi aniani o Heady Topper ma ke kiʻi, ua maʻalahi ke kohoʻana i kahi meaʻai e kāwiliʻia ai: nā'ōhinu'ōpiopio.
Ua loaʻa iʻelua mau manawa o Facebook mau hoaaloha a me nā Twitter i ka wā i pakuhi aku ai au i kahi kiʻi o ka pīhoihoi piliʻole: E pono anei iaʻu ke kōkua? A pehea lā koʻu manaʻo? Ua pane wau: "Ua hoʻopauʻia wau no nā beʻa'ē aʻe i kēia manawa, no laila, ke manaʻo nei wau e hele wau i Vermont."
I ka manawa maʻamau,ʻike wau i kaʻawaʻawa o IPA. He momona a inu ka Heady Topper, akā: he meaʻino no ka 8% beer! ʻOi aku i ka pāpālua o ka inu waiʻona i kaʻu lāʻau maʻamau: Amstel Light. Me ka mea hoʻonani nui a me ka paʻakikī e koi ana i ka pīhoihoiʻana, ua hoʻomauʻia kahi Heady Topper hoʻokahi ma waena o kaʻaʻai.
ʻO nā mele'Amakalima hoʻokahi wale nō pia. No ke aha ke kau me ka maikaʻi? ʻO ka pōʻino,ʻoiaiʻo ke kauwela o ka makahiki 2014, ua pani lākou i ka lumi hoʻolālā a me kahi kūʻai kūʻai ma kahi 35 Keʻahi ma Waterbury, Vermont.
ʻOiaiʻoiai ua hana nui ka meaʻimi mele i ka ulu o Heady Topper i 180 mau pāleka i kēlā me kēia pule mai ka 30 o ka pule a lākou i wehe ai i ka weheʻana i ka Cannery Makaikai i ka makahiki 2011, aia wale nō ka nui o kēia papahana honua e hāʻawi i nā Vermonters waiʻona: ʻaʻole e loaʻa iā ia ma waho o nā pae'āina.
Inā makemakeʻoe e nānā i ke aniani a lawe paha i nā kēpau home,ʻo ko lākou wahi e kūʻai ai i ka alakaʻi e kōkua iāʻoe e huli i Heady Topper ma Vermontʻo Mad River Valley a me nā wahi nui o Burlington a me Stowe.
E hoʻomaopopo muaʻia, akā, hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ka Heady Topper, aia ma ke kūlanakauhale nuiʻo Vermont. I koʻu nohoʻana ma Hotel Vermont i Burlington, makemake au e hele wikiwiki i kahi kokoke kokoke i Vermont Liquor Outlet i mea e pono ai. I ka wā i noi aku ai au iā Heady Topper ma Burlington Bay Market & Cafe, uaʻakaʻaka iki ka limahana a wehewehe iā lākou ke kūʻai aku i loko o hoʻokahi lā ma hope o ka pukaʻana aʻaʻole loa e loaʻa ka bera ma kahi kūʻai a hiki i ka Pōʻalima ... i kekahi lā ma hope o koʻu haʻaleleʻana. . Ua hāʻawi maikaʻiʻo ia iaʻu e loaʻa iaʻu kahi pōmaikaʻi nui loa ma Burlington's Pearl Street Beverage, no laila, ua hele pū koʻu mau hoa helehelena holoʻokoʻa i kahi 15 mau minuke a hiki i 240 Pearl Street. Ua hauʻoli nui wau (ʻo ia,ʻo ka pia he maikaʻi ia) eʻike i kahi kanakaʻeleʻele i ka lālani e paʻa ana i 16,'oanea, nā ipu kālā ... a manaʻolanaʻaʻoleʻo ia kaʻehā hope loa i loko o ka hale kūʻai no ka meaʻo ia E kūpono iaʻu ke hakoko i ka honua!
Ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau hihia o Heady Topper e loaʻa ana i ka mea hele mālie:ʻO kahiʻehā pakuni i hoʻihoʻi iaʻu i $ 14.10 ma hope o kaʻauhau a me ka waihoʻana. Uaʻike wau i ka manawa e loaʻa ai ka paʻakikī.
I ka wā i kapaʻia ai au e Pearl Street Beverage i ka Pōʻalima i'Akuka 2013 e hōʻoia i ke kumukūʻai, ua pane mai kekahi mea kūʻai hale i ke kelepona me: "Aloha, Pearl StreetʻO ka mea inu, aia mākou ma waho o Heady Topper." Ma ka lā Pōʻakolu i Mei o 2015, i koʻu kahea houʻiaʻana no kahi loiloi hou, ua aʻo au iā Heady Topper he meaʻoi aku ka uku aku i ka $ 13.49 iʻehā pākī, akāʻo ke kuleana o Pearl Street - i hoʻopukaʻia i ka lā ma mua - ua hala loa .
ʻAʻohe ala e hiki ai iaʻu ke hoʻi i ka home me kēia mea hoʻomanaʻoʻole. I ka manawa aʻu e kamaʻilio ai i kaʻu kāne i ka lono, "inu au i ka beʻa maikaʻi loa o ke ao," pane mailaʻo ia me hoʻokahi hua'ōlelo: "E hae."
Akā, e hoʻonani aneiʻo Heady Topper i kahi maikaʻi mai kahi hiki ke hanaʻia ma ke kiʻi? ʻO hoʻokahi wale nō ka mea e pono ai au e hōʻoia ua hoʻopau pono ka mea'Ālika i kāna hana hana kālai'āina, kahi pale i ka wai gula mai ka oxygen a me ka lama UV.
"E inu i ka mea hiki," i'ōlelo aiʻo ia me nā'ōlelo wiwoʻole, akā, i ka manawa a Bruce i kono ai i nā pākani pīhili-aloha eʻoliʻoli i kā lākou ho'āʻo mua, uaʻike lākou he mea maikaʻi loa i ka nininiʻana me ke poʻo poʻo.
Ua'ōlelo koke maila koʻu kaikoʻeke Bob: "Ua honiʻoe i ka hulu," aʻo ka'ōlelo mua a kuʻu kāneʻo Alex i'ōlelo mai: "He paʻakikī kēlā a me kēia manawa e ho'āʻo ai au, aia kekahi mea'ē aʻe." Ke hāpai nei lākou i kēlā Heady Topper e hoʻouluʻia i kahi hui mehameha o nāʻeono o ka pua -ʻo kēlā me kēia o ka hāʻawiʻana i nā pua pua heʻokoʻa loa. "ʻO ia ka pōʻai maikaʻi loa aʻu i hana ai," wahi a Bruce, nāna iʻike i ka meaʻala a me ka pua nani a Heady Topper a'ōlelo hou i koʻu manaʻo mua: "ʻAʻoleʻoe eʻike heʻewalu pene kēia."
ʻAʻole like me nā IPA'ē aʻe, e like me ka Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA, Heady Topper "ʻaʻole heʻawaʻawa e noho pū meʻoe," i'ōlelo aiʻo Bruce.
"ʻO ka mea mua, hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ka waiʻona ma hope o kou puʻu. Ma hope o kēlā, ua maʻalahi, a ua maikaʻi loa," i haʻiʻia aiʻo Bob.
Ua mālamaʻo Alex i ka maʻalahi: "Ua hauʻoli wau, uaʻoliʻoli, aloha wau i kēia."
No laila, inā makemakeʻoe i ka bera, e hoʻolālā e hele i Vermont. Akā,ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o kou noho no nā lāʻelua a kāohi iāʻoe no kekahi o ka huli waiwai. Ua kiʻi wau i ka mea mele ma ke kākauʻana i kēia, a ua kūʻaiʻia aku i kā lākou inoa pono'ī! (I ka makahiki 2014, ua pani ka hale kūʻai kūʻai ma ka hale kūʻai.)
ʻO Vermont paha kahi noho hoʻokahi ma ka honua kahi e loaʻa ai ka pia piha loa no ka manawa lōʻihi.