The Brewery: Ellicottville Brewing Co. (Ellicottville, NY)
The Brew: Pantius Droppus (Imperial IPA)
Availability: Bottles / Draft (Year-Round)
ABV: 10.0%
Rating: 8.9/10
Location: The Westy
The Story? Big Day In is past and after a lazy afternoon, I figured I should at least venture out of the house once. After a 13 hour day on Saturday, it was going to take some motivation to stop watching old episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
It dawned on me that it was Sunday, draft night down at The Westy. I recalled earlier in the week hearing that Ellicottville's Pantius Droppus would be on tap. Wasn't sure if it was still up, but I knew New England's Sea Hag was, which would be a fine consolation prize. Happily enough, Pantius Droppus was on and was ample recompense for leaving the house.
The Beer? Pantius Droppus serves up deep, transparent amber topped with fluffy, ivory head followed by an unassuming nose of sweet, soft hops, malt, and fruit.
Despite it's humble appearance and aroma, this IIPA is bursting with sweet, dank hops. Creamy and full bodied, it's boozy, but not so much estery. It's almost barleywine smooth with plenty of sweet honey and caramel swimming among soft lemon, pepper, and grapefruit notes. Delicious and distractedly easy to drink, I put back three of these easily while caught up in conversation. Impressive.
Overall, this sits high in the ranks of dangerously drinkable Imperial IPAs.
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