Well tomorrow I leave to go on my Cuisinternship, and I only wish I could spend more of today preparing for my trip. Instead, I’m trying to get some last minute work done for my job. I’m having some difficulties, and so, since I’ve found myself saying WTF all day long, I decided to break open a Lagunitas Limited Release named Wilco Tango Foxtrot Ale, or WTF. The 22oz bottle says that it is “A Malty, Robust, Jobless Recovery Ale.” It also says that it is 7.83% alcohol by volume and have an original gravity of 1.072 with 64.2 IBUs.
When I poured it in the glass, I first noticed the thick creamy, tan head and the heavy amount of carbonation in deep brown colored beer. As it sat there while I wrote the intro to this post, the head actually got quite a bit larger. That doesn’t happen often. Through the large head, I noticed some malty, caramelly smells, as well as a bit of hoppiness.
It had a light-medium body, and was very smooth drinking. I noticed a very nice caramelly maltiness up front, with a bit of roasty bitterness in the finish. While it had a good balance that was more on the malty side, and there was a bit of a hop aroma on the head, I didn’t notice much of a hop flavor in the taste.
This went very well with the BBQ ribs I had for lunch, which were left overs from a friend’s birthday celebration last night (which I got to share a lot of my homebrew at). Overall, I thought this was a fairly drinkable beer – while it had a nice malty flavor up front, it was smooth and the aftertaste was roasty, but light. It was a pretty good beer which I’m glad I got the opportunity to try.
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