Grand Teton Brewing Company's Lost Continent Double IPA

I've liked everything I've had from this brewery, so I hope this hasn't been sitting in the cellar too long. From what I remember, I got it in Nebraska about a year ago.

Pours a cloudy deep amber with a pillowy light tan head that thins fairly quickly to a sheet. Big grassy hops smell, with a sweet malt and a slight hint of alcohol. 8% ABV is bigger than most, but not too big for a DIPA.

Whoa. It has such a big scotch hit to it that I had to look this beer up and see if it wasn't barrel aged. It wasn't, as best as I can tell. And the description from the brewery throws in just about every fruit they can think of as taste descriptors, and I just don't get it. I can taste the grapefruit in the mid-aftertaste, but the biggest thing about this beer is the oak taste, followed by the solidly bitter hops.

Good beer. Wish I'd had a warning about the scotch, but it's pretty good nonetheless.

Grand Teton Brewing Company's Sweetgrass IPA

Nice. A bottle conditioned IPA from a random micro brewery? Should be good.

Pours a nice amber with a good tan head that sticks well. Hazy with quite a few larger particulates floating around on the carbonation. Looks great.

Pretty mils. Sweet malt and slight grassy hops are in there, but it's not as in your face as many IPAs try to be.

Very nice. Bitterness is right on, and it's got a nice body that many IPAs seem to skip. I think the yeast is contributing to the bitterness, but not in a negative way. It just feels bigger than a heavily filtered IPA.

Nice beer. I've had others from Grand Teton but I don't remember liking them this much.

Grand Teton Brewing Company's Teton Ale

Always glad to see an unusual find like this one from Wyoming. Pours a deeply clear amber with a slightly disappointing thin tan head and medium carbonation.

Smells great though. Bready malt with an herbal grassy hops and a slight sweetness. Grainy, more than bready, actually.

Excellent amber. Solid grassy/grainy bitterness hits you right up front like a good amber should, but it fades quickly, also like it should. If it were an IPA or bigger it should last longer, but this one hits and fades, like a lighter style should. Great balance between body, bitterness and malt. Well rounded, like the style calls for. Another beer I wish was regularly available in Texas.