#337 Schlafly - Cask APA (Dryhopped with Simcoe)

I had this beer as Schlafly Tap room, this is a dry hopped cask version of their normal APA. The cask is kept at cellar temp and severed by pumping the beer instead of forcing it with CO2. This is a big trend in craft beer. Simcoe hops are used in the dry hopping.

The aroma of this beer is very hoppy with some fruitiness and a hint of mint. The color is a pale hazy brownish orange. The is light light good retention, cask beers don't have much head because of how they are served.

There is a lot of hop taste in this beer, fruit and floral flavors. On the fruity side the hops show mellon, apple, and non-sour grapefruit chariteristics. There is a littke malt taste, just not much. There is a supprisingly little bitterness for so much hop flavor, the advantage of dry hopping. The mouthfeel is smooth and creamy with low carbonation, all thanks to the cask. The finish is sweet and fruity.

This is a really tasty beer, lots of great flavors coming across well. I think I will need to start brewing with simcoe hops, they are tasty. This beer might not last too long, but Schlafly normally has something good like this of cask.