Beyond Papilla, Beyond Dank & Beyond Alt-Punk 21Sep19

Papilla are the bumps on your tongue. You have fewer over time so strawberries are replaced by brussels sprouts as fav food. Fewer papilla mean more bitter foods  taste fine, even great. Hops in beer often creates some bitterness... but what can science tell us about how bitter? IBUs (International Bitterness Units) are one measure of how bitter a beers is... lagers may be 10 and IPAs 40, some much higher. This has all been reviewed prior; how do we know which hops though might contribute which flavors and levels of bitterness. The wait is over... such a great chart (who loves data viz?)... look for DDH brews to grab the most of the wicked weed (hops that is - when in ~1540 or so Henry VIII disdained the beer additive and differentiated his house's brew from Germans with underuse).

Some know I like La Cumbre brewery in NNMx. I stopped there prior and enjoy Project Dank from this brewer every spring & fall. Dank is an excellent dank experimental IPA which is rarely available, especially in COS. I bought all Coaltrain had on its release... so it is even rarer for others. Recently La Cumbre added Woodland Paradise (WCIPA) and Sun Fade (NEIPA) - all in pints. All are very good. ABV and IBUs are not marked on cans so who knows - others indicate the hazy is 6.5%/40IBUs and the west coast is 7.1%/65IBUs so as expected; Dank is 7.5%/100IBUs I think... so good.

Plus there's an Australian Alt-Punk lady workin' her way through to me... keen adopted cover versions, bel canto singing, great 1st offer (2017 - "I Love You Like A Brother"), and some angry songrwriting. Meet Alex Lahey if you haven't. For the uninitiated... beware  she's addicting but's been protected as an AUS multi-instrumental national treasure so not so exposed yet in the US.

Alex Lahey Covering My Chemical Romance

Alex Lahey "I Haven't Been Taking Care Of Myself"

Alex Lahey & Band Cover "Torn"

Alex Lahey "Don't Be So Hard On Yourself"

Alex Lahey "Everytyhing's A Weekend"