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Surly Furious

Percentile
99
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
5883.96/5.03.94/5.06.2%99.4Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Like Hops? You'll like this fire-hued beer. This is the beer I have always dreamed of making. This is the beer that would come to mind while spending the last two years tearing down walls, hanging sheetrock, moving kegs, power washing the ceilings, arguing with various agencies, and cutting the water main. Without Golden Promise malt, made by family-owned Simpsons Malt, Furious would just be pissed offed. From Scotland, this malt is still produced in the tradition of turning over the barley by hand, resulting in a malt that is unsurpassed in its quality. Golden Promise is also used extensively by premium whisky distilleries such as The Macallan. This malt provides the backbone for the intense hop character. Four American hop varieties are used at a rate of over three pounds per barrel. The result is a rich malt sweetness infused with bright hop flavor and aroma from beginning to end. Oh yeah, it's about 6% alcohol and around 100 IBUs.
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 Oakes (8093), gone rambling, Vietnam
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Apr 3, 2008  
Thick hazy amber - ugly body with a rich "we used a lot of hops" head. Big hop nose - orangey, wood with an earthy, breadcrusty background. Fat body is resiny with hops, in a pleasingly moderate bitterness matched by caramelized sugars that are only slightly sticky. An assault of hops - perhaps lacking the sense of style you see in the best PNW examples but this is nonetheless well-structured.


 KimJohansen (7050), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 3, 2008  
Clear amber with medium white head. Sweet and hoppy aroma with caramel and hoppy notes. Flavor likewise. Ends bitter.


 argo0 (6907), Washington DC, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 29, 2006  
(1 pint can, thanks MilkmanDan) Large beige head atop a clear amber/copper body. Aroma is medium sweet, floral/orange, grapefruit, caramel. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, floral, orange, some caramel, light smoke. Nice bite. Medium body with some resin, the hops linger for quite some time. Quite drinkable.


 harrisoni (6801), Ashford, Kent, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 13, 2007  
Can at Chris_o Shindig. Amber, ashtray sour and grapefruity hop aroma. That’s got a lot of grapefruit in it. Toffee. Good grapefruit and one of the best canned beers I’ve ever had.


 Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Sep 18, 2007  
Can. A amber beer with a big tan head. The aroma is light caramel malt, pine, hops, so is the taste, almost harsh from the heavy hopping, but I´m a hophead, so ít´s ok. Medium body with a bitter, very dry hoppy finish. Maybe the best can beer I have ever had.


 bierkoning (6052), La Tropica, Netherlands
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Oct 27, 2008  
Can from Mashmaster, thanks! Dark amber color. Oily hops and pineapple in the aroma. Piney and oily hops, challenged by tangerine and loads of pineapple. Long aftertaste. Excellent!


 MesandSim (5853), London, Greater London, England
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 10, 2008  
A Mes rate: Can at Chris O’s Pre GBBF Tasting
Glorious stuff. Golden amber looks with a good off white head. Massive pine and spruce hoppage. Good earthy malt backbone. A lick of sweetness. All I could ask for from an American IPA. Great stuff.


 thewolf (5764), Kolding, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 2, 2007  
Can. A clear red amber with a creamy off white head and lots of lacing. Aroma has a good dose of floral hoppyness along with some pine and oak. Very hoppy flavour. Bitter, even slightly tart, but still round. Lots of pine and oak at the end.



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