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Surly Furious

Percentile
99
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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5933.96/5.03.94/5.06.2%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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 Ty5592 (1015), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 17, 2007    Updated: Jan 26, 2008
Can from RagallachMC. Drank this as the Chargers laid down for the Patriots.Hazy amber/orange color with nice head. Pine and citrus aroma. The taste was surprisingly hoppy. The hops were nice and strong on the palate with a sharp bitter finish. Felt guilty drinking this out the can, but hey, that’s what it came in.


 pnista (1008), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Sep 10, 2007  
Rich red amber with a light tan head, relatively dense, thinning via popping largish bubbles. Grassy floral hops with a light fruity, toasty malty sweetness. Lively with a bit of chocolate? Full creamy mouth, average carbonation. Smooth. Big grassy peppery slightly piney hops. rich full sweet fruity malt. A touch of toast and caramel. Lingering floral to piney hop bitterness. Creamy, big ass hoppy beer.


 sersdf (1000), chicago, Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/517/20
Feb 23, 2008  
draft at clark street alehouse. this was a breath of fresh air last night. the only good beer in a sea of... i dont know, something. anyways. orange/copper color with a nice off white head. intense aroma of grapefruit and citrus hops. taste is decently balanced, pretty damned bitter back end. no doubt it’s an IPA, and a massively hoppy one at that. why it was $6 for a snifter i don’t know. i’m pretty much just rating it so i don’t have zero ratings for february 2008


 MadIndian (997), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 4, 2007  
Can sampled with Steg. The first thing I thought was cans ? But this one was really good. Big hop aroma with a brown pour and off white head. Taste delivered a big hop presenc as well as pine and alcohol. Really good but not blended as good as it should have been.


 matt7215 (993), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/517/20
Apr 2, 2008  
1 pint can from a trade with mcbackus. a big thanks to matt for hooking me up with some surly. pours deep orangish/red with a mid sized tan head. darker then most IPA’s ive had. aromas are citrus hops, piney hops and caramel malts. flavours are sweet citrus and caramels initially but then the bigger hop varieties come in for a big bitter hop finish. very enjoyable. thanks again matt anytime you wanna send some surly my way im cool with that!


 shawnm213 (985), South Bend, Indiana, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Jul 10, 2009  
A nice late birthday present from beth- thanks a ton! pours copper with some nice red highlights. beige head. wow. nice juicy , citrusy hop aroma. some floral hops as well. pine. extremely well balanced. awesome.


 blklab2007 (975), Connecticut, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/518/20
May 12, 2009    Updated: Nov 25, 2009
can poured an amber color with a thick foamy off white head that retained well. aroma has beautiful hop character with citrus, bitter and sweetness. has that sweet juicy fruit thing. mouth feel is medium with plenty of carbonation. flavor has more malt coming through, nice citrus, lightly bitter resins, and hefty sweetness. nicely balanced out proving strong flavors while still being easy to drink.


 FoolishMortal (966), San Diego, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Oct 15, 2007  
Can. Very murky orange-red with a small off white head. Rich candied citrus and fresh cut pine hop aromatics. Earthy, and citric/metallic hop flavors dominate. Sturdy caramel maltiness peers through resinous hoppiness. Fruity and floral hop flavors linger in the finish, with a bracing bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium, rather dry.



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