Rogue Brewery || Yellow Snow IPA

Yellow Snow IPA | Bottle | A+> | Anthracite - Wilkes-Barre, PA | 11APR12

Tons of small floaters; confetti. It's a party and yet the bottle/label looks so docile/proud/triumphant/proper/stern. It's as if the depiction on the LABEL is the post party or victory whereas the BEER is the pre-, or "during" what happened to cause the label mood. I can't help but feel like by opening the beer and pouring it out, I let out the chaos that had just finally been contained. I just opened a prison and many lives were lost in vain. I feel like everyone involved in capturing this thing walks out from behind stage, takes a bow and the audience erupts in applause; it was all in good fun. At the first taste I feel like I'm at a Furthur show or RatDog show. The explosion of that-kind-of-hop is amazing. I don't know how they captured it. It's PURE HEMP and it tastes so damn good. In fact, I was able to envision myself searching for a case of this ASAP. It's bitter, oh yes it is, but the sweetness dives through a hoop like the dog on the label. It had such a fresh and clean refreshing taste; think "Terrapin So Fresh, So Green". These both have the same fresh cut grass on a hot humid morning in summer. Chewy. As with Rogue Dead Guy Ale, these both have a quality that I cannot put my finger on. It's different. It's probably the hops used... Amazing.
I raise my fist to you in peace, Rogue. This is my second interaction with this and I enjoyed it way more this time for some reason. Maybe it's the good company...