Yeah I know it’s bit a while since I’ve updated but some stuff has been going down at the Polacks house.  First off I had a new roof installed.  5600 dollars later I have a brand new super terrific roof.  But as those plans were coming together my AC Unit decides to die.  Nothing like getting a phone call from my girlfriend stating “Hey it’s hot as hell in here, something is wrong”  Sure enough the unit was a goner.  Living without AC sucks and we’ve done it for the past two weeks.  I was afraid to turn on my PC.  I might fry the bastard.  Finally yesterday the new AC unit was put in.  3800 dollars.  I’m no longer a Drunken Polack, I’ve a Broke Polack.  Oh and there is nothing like taking a closet full of beer and stuffing it in my chest freezer and fridge because I’m scared the 84 degree temp in the house might destroy every single bottle.  There’s no room for food!  But now that everything is back to normal, here is a quick little review.

Thanks to my buddy Kevin, I got to try the fabled 41% Double IPA from Brewdog.  This was try number two in their goal of creating the strongest beer in the world.  Go number one was Tactical Nuclear Penguin which I kinda enjoyed.  That was only in the 32% range.  Up there you can see how much I got to try and honestly like TNP, it was enough.

Bismarck pours a very light amber color.  The bottle opened up with a big pffffffffft but there really isn’t any carbonation on this beer.  It’s dead.  While the Penguin might of dislodged some of my nose hairs when I took a whiff, this destroyed anything in my nose.  I won’t have to clip any nose hairs for a while.  They got burned away by the huge presence of alcohol and hops.  The hops in this bad boy are just huge and it’s actually a lovely smell even though the alcohol is so big.  Huge amounts of citrus, pine, and other fruits.  Words just cannot describe. 

The taste is basically like a hop liquor.  Like they took vodka or whatever alcohol and infused it with hops.  Huge presence of alcohol that warms the throat was it goes down.  But once again the hops mix in well, they don’t totally make up for the big alcohol but it’s close.  There is a actually a noticeable malt presence but it hides pretty damn well.  

Mouthfeel is sticky, oily, and thin.  For the amount of alcohol in this beer it goes down fairly nice and it’s a good sipper.

Just like TNP, this is more of an experience and not something you would go to over and over again.  But if you like hops and I mean a lot of them and you don’t mind some alcohol thrown in (ok a lot of alcohol) then this is a beer you must try to find.  Gotta love the over 100 dollar price tag though.  Oh and if you run out of paint thinner for a project this might just do the job.

Found: Tasting
Price: Over 100 dollars a bottle
Website: http://www.brewdog.com/
What the company says: We are wheeling out the big guns this time. Sink the Bismarck is a quadruple IPA that contains four times the hops, four times the bitterness and frozen four times to create at a staggering 41% ABV.

This is IPA amplified, the most evocative style of the craft beer resistance with the volume cranked off the scale. Kettle hopped, dry hopped then freeze hopped for a deep fruit, resinous and spicy aroma. A full out attack on your taste-buds ensues as the incredibly smooth liquid delivers  a crescendo of malt, sweet honey, hop oils and a torpedo of hop bitterness which lasts and lasts.
Other beers to try from this brewery: Brewdog Punk IPA, Brewdog Hardcore IPA
Other beers to try within the same style: While there isn’t a beer that quite lives up to this one here are some other beers in the same style.  Russian River Pliny the Younger, Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster
Rating: B+