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I had my first bottle of this and I hated it. It tasted so bitter! Did I just have a bad lot or is this how it is meant to taste?

Yeah, its supposed to have a good hop bite. Some people can't stand it, I personally am a big fan but that's just what I like. If you like a more malty brew try their blond.

I like it.

Sandy

Dummheit wrote:I had my first bottle of this and I hated it. It tasted so bitter! Did I just have a bad lot or is this how it is meant to taste?

Get used to it. It is how a lot of beer is supposed to taste.. at least those with hops... Some even taste more flavourful that that one. Try an Arrogant Bastard. http://www.arrogantbastard.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Heck, try one of Nash's hoppy ales....

Seriously though that is one tasty beer to me. I could drink that until the beer comes home.

Tony L wrote:

Dummheit wrote:I had my first bottle of this and I hated it. It tasted so bitter! Did I just have a bad lot or is this how it is meant to taste?

Get used to it. It is how a lot of beer is supposed to taste.. at least those with hops... Some even taste more flavourful that that one. Try an Arrogant Bastard. http://www.arrogantbastard.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Heck, try one of Nash's hoppy ales....

Seriously though that is one tasty beer to me. I could drink that until the beer comes home.

QFT!

I'm with you Tony, I LOVE Yippee and I find it's a beer that I could drink virtually every day. Can you get Yippee over on the rock?

canuck wrote: I'm with you Tony, I LOVE Yippee and I find it's a beer that I could drink virtually every day. Can you get Yippee over on the rock?

I wish...
Nope, the only IPA here is Keith's .... ( ducks )

Tony L wrote:

canuck wrote: I'm with you Tony, I LOVE Yippee and I find it's a beer that I could drink virtually every day. Can you get Yippee over on the rock?

I wish...
Nope, the only IPA here is Keith's .... ( ducks )

Ohhhh right, I remember you telling me that before. If you ever want me to send you some just say the word.

This is my story about blind tasting some IPA's including Yippee. It is interesting how different Picaroons is. It stood out like a sore thumb. So much caramel/butterscotch, I like it tho.
http://www.frogspad.ca/?p=620

Tony L wrote:

canuck wrote: I'm with you Tony, I LOVE Yippee and I find it's a beer that I could drink virtually every day. Can you get Yippee over on the rock?

I wish...
Nope, the only IPA here is Keith's .... ( ducks )

oh god, where am i moving.. hahaha

CorneliusAlphonse wrote:

Tony L wrote:

canuck wrote: I'm with you Tony, I LOVE Yippee and I find it's a beer that I could drink virtually every day. Can you get Yippee over on the rock?

I wish...
Nope, the only IPA here is Keith's .... ( ducks )

oh god, where am i moving.. hahaha

Wait. Did I miss an announcement?

benwedge wrote:

CorneliusAlphonse wrote: oh god, where am i moving.. hahaha

Wait. Did I miss an announcement?

We're all still waiting.

CorneliusAlphonse wrote: Nope, the only IPA here is Keith's .... ( ducks )

oh god, where am i moving.. hahaha [/quote]


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KMcK wrote:

benwedge wrote:

CorneliusAlphonse wrote: oh god, where am i moving.. hahaha

Wait. Did I miss an announcement?

We're all still waiting.

better late then never?

KMcK wrote:

benwedge wrote:

CorneliusAlphonse wrote: oh god, where am i moving.. hahaha

Wait. Did I miss an announcement?

We're all still waiting.

Not ALL of us, some of us noticed a week ago: http://www.brewnosers.org/forums/viewto ... 218#p28218" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

chalmers wrote:Not ALL of us, some of us noticed a week ago: http://www.brewnosers.org/forums/viewto ... 218#p28218" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Keep reading and YOU will understand: http://www.brewnosers.org/forums/viewto ... 6&start=40" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Good point, he hadn't announced that he was leaving until that post.

I should really try this beer again. In the past I've found Picaroons to have waaaay too much butterscotch/diacetyl for my taste, including the Yipee IPA. As far as the hops go, I didn't mind it at all, though I certainly wouldn't criticize them if them wanted to use a few more finishing hops.

On tap at the Brewtique or Garrison District Ale House or Saint John Ale House, the beer is great. Even bottles in NB are great. But something about the storage in the NSLC system leads to bad bottles.

I just published this morning the "review" we did on Yippee. Well, as good as a review can get with 3 guys in the woods

There were issues with the bottles on NB shelves at one point as well, but I've found that they've improved a lot since the start of this year. I've bought Yippee a number of times this year so far and it has been great each time. Hopefully they're starting to get their issues nailed down.

chalmers wrote:On tap at the Brewtique or Garrison District Ale House or Saint John Ale House, the beer is great. Even bottles in NB are great. But something about the storage in the NSLC system leads to bad bottles.

I get mine from NB. I didn't know it was in Hfx.

Sandy

chalmers wrote:But something about the storage in the NSLC system leads to bad bottles.

Everything about the storage in the NSLC system leads to bad bottles - and not just beer.

Do they have any temperature control in the warehouses? I've spent a decent amount of time looking at how they're laid out and optimized (on paper), but I've never checked if they have a cooling system.

I thought they had some refrigerated storage for beer.

akr71 wrote:I should really try this beer again. In the past I've found Picaroons to have waaaay too much butterscotch/diacetyl for my taste, including the Yipee IPA. As far as the hops go, I didn't mind it at all, though I certainly wouldn't criticize them if them wanted to use a few more finishing hops.

I often find this as well... they use Ringwood yeast, so that kind of explains it, and looking at their brew logs, the beers often go from fermenter to bottle/keg pretty quickly. But maybe this varies from batch to batch, because I could have an Irish Red, for example, one day that has a boatload of diacetyl, and then have one from another batch a week later, tasting pretty clean.