Best Beers of January 2016

The first non-Estonian beer from the Uba ja Humal spree was Cigar City Brewing’s Jai Alai IPA. I had heard rumors about the quality and taste, but was nonetheless blown away. This was an awesomely hopped, though ultimately well-balanced beer that brought forward both citrus fruits as well as sweeter varieties. I only bought one can, next time I will be wiser.

Of the domestic entries, the moving finger points at an IPA as well. I originally tasted Ruosniemi’s Diplomi-Insinööri at the last summer’s SOPP-festival and was quite thoroughy impressed by the doubled up big brother of the original. The beer excels in bottled form as well, and proves that the brewery can deal with higher ABV products as well.

FI: IPA ei pettänyt tässä kuussa, vaikkei talvisin olutgenre olekaan.