Visits to Exile Brewing

Backcountry Brut, left, a double brut IPA brewed at Exile in collaboration with Uinta Brewing of Salt Lake City; I'm a big fan of both! Dry and hoppy, a lovely summer brew. 7.5% ABV, 25 IBU. Center, Styrian Slinger New England-style IPA is bright on first swallow with a softened bitterness. Goes from acidic to alkaline in a flash, ergo a beer to pause and reflect upon between quaffs. 6.4% ABV, 30 IBU. Right, The juice is loose with Exile’s latest release, Beermosa! Golden ale brewed with Mandarina Bavaria hops. With added lactose and orange juice, it tastes like an Orange Julius! 4.5% ABV.

Rising Hope hazy IPA, left, an Exile / Gezellig Brewing of Newton collaboration with 100% of sales donated to benefit the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation. Bright with passionfruit and tangerine flavors. 6.4% ABV, 43 IBU. Right, Denali Daze New England-style IPA is double dry hopped with Mosaic and Denali hops. Notes of pineapple and tropical stone fruit, seasonally piney on the finish. 6.3% ABV, 20 IBU. I could drink this all fall long.

Left, A Christmas Beer doppelbock. Lush aromas and flavors of dark fruit and chocolate. It tastes like the Roman Nougat from a box of Russell Stover chocolates! 7.3% ABV, 20 IBU. Cranberry Bohemian, right, brewed with cranberries, soured with in-house lactobacillus culture. The perfect fruit to marry with Exile's signature sour beer. 5.8% ABV, 5 IBU.