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My next few VBT postings might make some of you pretty mad. I received a mysterious package in the mail, full of West Coast beers, rarely see on the East Coast. The first box was full of fresh IPAs, that taste best the fresher they are so I dove right in and began with the Fresh Squeezed IPA. Although I deserve absolutely no credit for this, I'll go ahead and pat myself on the back for choosing wisely. This might be the best pure IPA I've ever had. It doesn't have the honeyed sweetness of HopSlam or the IPA bite of something like Cigar City Jai Alai, just a crisp smoothness about it that I really enjoyed. The hops recipe is Citra and Mosaic, which for me gave a very clean citrus flavor. Not the usual grapefruit bitterness that American IPAs sometime have, but a really fresh orange, tangerine kind of taste. Sure it had some bitterness, but a very pleasant amount. It also has a relatively low ABV at 6.4% that kept the taste from being too extreme. If this was available in six packs in Richmond, I could see it replacing Oberon as my summer bottle I should add the caveat that I was having BonChon for dinner, so my taste chemistry might've been compromised. But if eating spciy Korean fried chicken can do this to an IPA, I'll grab a box every time. Finally a question for everyone. Why isn't there an enterprising store in DC that opens up a pipeline for beers not distributed on the Eest Coast? I know some bars will drive to Ohio for Dark Lord day and then sell some pours, or drive to Dexter to load up on Jolly Pumpkin. But for the every day beers that just don't get out here, I have to imagine with the way we beer geeks are these days, someone could work something out and make some money. I know that Bourbon got into some trouble for selling Hill Farmstead (I think?) from their growlers, but couldn't some agreement be reached for willing West Coast breweries? Just need someone to drive a refrigerated truck back and forth across the country a few times a month .
