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Surly Furious

Percentile
99
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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5913.96/5.03.94/5.06.2%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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 HumuloneRed (750), Portland, Oregon, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 23, 2007  
I tried beer at the Craft Brewers Conference in Austin. This was after having a few other beers that had some hops to them. This beer stood out from them all. 16 oz. Can. The beer pours hazy amber pine, citrus, and caramel. When you taste it there is a big hop bite at first that is followed by swirls of pine, orange, and sweet caramel malt flavors. Very nicely done beer. They named it well.


 jimbowood (956), Athens, Georgia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/57/103/517/20
Jan 27, 2007  
Tap @ Cafe 28. Very comparable to Bell’s Two Hearted. Hops of a IIPA w/o the malt profile.


 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


 JoeMcPhee (5019), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 13, 2009  
Tap at State and Lake. Deep amber pour with a creamy off-white head. Big dank hoppy aroma. Pine and a lot of fresh hoppy resin. There is a little bit of toasted malt and a kiss of citrus as well. A little bit of orange peel. As it warms the malts take on a lightly sweet caramelly character. Even a kiss of cookie dough as well. Quite a pronounced dank resiny bitterness, but it still has a solid balance throughout. Pretty damn tasty.


 hopdog (5607), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Nov 10, 2006  
Tasted from can (thanks Josh!). Poured a dark and cloudy orange / amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of pine, citrus, and some caramel. Tastes of pine, light citrus and caramel. I like the hoppiness in this one. It also had a lighter sweet balance to the bitterness.


 cbkschubert (2005), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 7, 2007  
16 oz. can via trade with mreusch - Pours a slightly hazy deep amber color with a one finger thick off white head. Light lacing. Aroma is big pine and citrus hops and light malt in the background. Flavor is big hops (citrus and pine) and with some sweet floral fruitiness to it. Quite bitter, but goes down quite easy. Slight lingering hop aftertaste. Medium body. A very good beer. Thanks Matt.


 Zinister (1207), Houston, Texas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jun 30, 2007  
Much thanks for theisti for this one...fantastic! Darker caramel pour with a great big head that leaves gorgeous lacing. Very much floral hops and grapefruit. Medium bodied mouthfeel with strong grapefruit flavor. Pine flavors as well. This is exactly how I like my IPA. Damn, I wish I could get this daily.


 Schroppfy (1813), Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Feb 3, 2008  
Wonderfully dark, and excellent breadiness and caramel sweetness mixes perfectly with the super pine and citrus. Excellent body. A melded IPA, very drinkable despite the high IBU. Sesionable even. Thx iahereye.



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