I had a glass of 3F’s new Yum Yum APA last night. At first, when they brought over the glass, I was pissed because it was only a 12 oz glass. I figured there must be a reason, so I readied my taste buds.
Pure nirvana. An explosion of well-mannered and balanced hop flavor and aroma. The malt backbone was adequate to support the hopping. I don’t know exactly what drives the cost of this beer, but its obviously the hopping. 3F’s website says this is a blend of proprietary hops, so they seem to have something special. They call it juicy and I agree. At 5.5%, it is an APA, but in the fashion of the day, they call this a Session Ale. I’m assuming they are referring to a Session IPA since 5.5% is kind of high to be sessionable.
Very fine beer. At the end, I was pissed again, that glass was indeed too small since I ran out too quickly.