BrewDog “The Physics”
The other night I had a chance to sample Scottish brewery BrewDog’s “laid back amber beer” called The Physics. I’m not that familiar with BrewDog, but they seem to delight in pushing the envelope. That being said, this particular beer was pretty tame. (Then again, it does advertise itself as “laid back.”) In its defense, my particular bottle was about two months past its “best by” date.
Pours a hazy gold-amber color with hardly any head. Extremely low carbonation. I mean really, it almost reminds me of cask beer in that way. There are like two bubbles struggling their way up to the top of the glass. The nose is sweet fruit and malts, quite nice actually, more would be cloying but it walks the line well. Unfortunately it doesn’t translate to the taste — it’s very, very mellow, with a hint of dark fruits, malt, and just a small hop bite up front. Very soft, actually quite drinkable, but not much there to excite.