Topy Topper : Ngati mwawamvapo, mwinamwake ndinu wothandizira mowa kapena wokhala ku Vermont. Izi zimadumphadumpha Double IPA yoswedwa ndi kanyumba kakang'ono ka brewery The Alchemist ku Waterbury, Vermont, ili ndi mfuti yambiri kuposa njuchi, ndipo popeza idakhala chitsimikizo cha mowa wabwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi , madzi okongola a lalanje omwe ali ndi mutu wochenjera timadzi timene timayamwa mowa kwambiri. Nditaphunzira Sewer Topper nthawi yoyamba mu June 2013, ndikhoza kutsimikiza kuti ndiyenera kuyendetsa Vermont kuti ndilawe zakudyazi, zomwe zalandira "100" zamtengo wapatali kuchokera kwa Wovomerezeka wa RateBeer ndi Beer.
Kukumana kwanga kwam'mutu kumutu kunapezeka ku restaurant ya Hen of Wood ku Waterbury, yomwe ili pafupi ndi theka la kilomita imodzi kuchokera ku The Alchemist. Ndinasokonezeka kwambiri pamasewera a mndandanda pamene ndinawona mowa pa mndandanda wa chakumwa. Ndinamva kuti Vermont anali kunyumba ya mowa wokongola kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, choncho ndinazindikira kuti uwu unali mwayi umene ndimayenera kugwira. Ndipo nthawi ina ndikadapanga galasi la Heady Topper pamutu, zinali zosavuta kusankha zakudya zokadya: oyster oyengedwa.
Anzanga a Facebook ndi otsatira a Twitter anali ndi zotsatira ziwiri pamene ndinagawana chithunzi cha brew zosawerengeka: Kodi ndimasowa wothandizira? ndipo ndinaganiza chiyani? Ndinayankha kuti: "Ndatayika chifukwa cha mowa tsopano, ndikuganiza ndikuyenera kupita ku Vermont."
Kawirikawiri, ndimapeza IPAs yowawa. Mutu wam'mutu wamtunduwu unali wofewa komanso woledzera, ngakhale woopsa: 8% mowa! Izi ndizoposa kawiri zakumwa zoledzeretsa zomwe ndimakonda poizoni: Kuwala kwa Amstel. Ndi zokoma za citrus komanso zovuta zomwe zimapangitsa kuti munthu azisangalala kwambiri, mutu umodzi wotchedwa Heady Topper unadutsa mchere wonse.
Mowa wa Alchemist ndi mowa umodzi wokha. Bwanji osokoneza ndi ungwiro? Mwatsoka, monga chilimwe cha 2014, adatseka malo awo odyera malo ndi malo ogulitsira malonda ku 35 Msewu wa Waterbury, Vermont.
Ngakhale kuti Alchemist yatulutsa mpukutu wa Heady Topper mowirikiza kwa mipiringidzo 180 pa sabata kuchokera pa 30 pa sabata yomwe idapanga pamene adatsegula Alchemist Cannery mu 2011, palibe phindu loperekerapo kuti likhale ndi vermonters odetsedwa: Inu sichipeza kunja kwa mizere ya boma.
Ngati mukuyembekeza kuyesa galasi kapena kutengera zitini zapakhomo, buku lawo lakuti Where To Buy Guide lidzakuthandizani kupeza Heady Topper ku Mad River Valley ya Vermont ndi madera akuluakulu a Burlington ndi Stowe.
Kumbutsani, ngakhale: Kungakhale kovuta kupeza Heady Topper, ngakhale mumzinda waukulu kwambiri wa Vermont. Panthawi yomwe ndinakhala ku Hotel Vermont ku Burlington, ndinaganiza kuti kuyenda pang'ono kwa Vermont Moquor Outlet kukanakhala kofunikira. Pamene ndinapempha Heady Topper ku Burlington Bay Market & Cafe, komabe, wogwira ntchitoyo anaseka pang'ono ndipo adalongosola kuti amagulitsa kunja tsiku limodzi atatha kubadwa ndipo sadzakhala mowa m'masitolo kufikira Lachinayi ... tsiku lotsatira nditachoka . Anandipatsa mowolowa manja kuti ndikhale ndi mwayi ku Bungwe la Burlington la Pearl Street, kotero anzanga omwe anali kuyenda nawo anandiyendetsa mtunda wa mphindi 15 kupita ku 240 Pearl Street. Ndinasangalala kwambiri (inde, mowa ndi wabwino) kuti muwone munthu wolemetsa mumzere wokhala ndi mndandanda wodalirika, wamphindi 16, zitsulo zasiliva ... ndikuyembekeza kuti sizinali mapepala anayi omaliza m'sitolo chifukwa adalinso modzipweteka kuti ndimenyane nawo pansi!
Tapeza masewera angapo a Heady Topper adakalipo muyendo lozizira: Phukusi lina linandibwezera $ 14.10 pambuyo pa misonkho ndi ndalama. Ine ndikudziwa tsopano momwe iwo anapezera mwayi.
Pamene ndinayitanitsa Pearl Street Beverage pa Loweruka mu August 2013 kuti nditsimikize mtengo, wogwira ntchito sitolo anayankha foni ndi: "Moni, Peyala ya Pearl Street. Ife tachokera ku Heady Topper." Lachitatu mmawa wa 2015, pamene ndinayitananso kachiwiri kuti nditsimikize mtengo, ndinaphunzira Heady Topper ndi ndalama zambiri zogula pa $ 13.49 phukusi lina, koma katundu wa Pearl Street - ataperekedwa kale - anali atatha kale .
Panalibenso njira yoti ndipite kunyumba popanda chikumbumtima chofuna ichi. Nditatumizira mamuna wanga nkhani, "Ndinamwa mowa wabwino kwambiri padziko lapansi," adayankha ndi mawu amodzi akuti: "Nsanje."
Koma kodi Heady Topper akulawa zabwino kuchokera ku kanthana monga momwe adachitira palemba? Mphuno imodzi inali zonse zomwe ndinkafunikira kuti nditsimikize kuti Alchemist adapangitsanso njira yake yothandizira, yomwe imateteza kuwala kwa golide kuchokera ku mpweya ndi kuwala kwa UV.
"Imwani kuchokera ku chithako," imanena motsogoleredwa, koma pamene Bruce adayitana abwenzi okondana mowa kuti azisangalala ndi kukonda kwawo koyamba, adapeza kuti iwo amakukonda kwambiri akamatsanulira ndi mutu wokoma.
Mlamu wanga Bob nthawi yomweyo anati: "Mungawone fungo," ndipo mnzanga wamkulu kwambiri wa mwamuna wanga, Alex, anati: "Zimandivuta, nthawi iliyonse ndikayesa, pali chinachake chosiyana." Iwo anali akunyamula kuti Heady Topper imanyamula ndi mapiritsi asanu ndi limodzi achinsinsi - maluwa onse akukongoletsera bwino. Bruce, yemwe ananena kuti Heady's Topper's fruity aroma ndi zonunkhira zonunkhira ndikumveka mawu anga oyambirira: "Iwe sungakhoze kunena izi ndi 8% mowa."
Mosiyana ndi ena a IPAs abwino, monga Sierra Nevada Torpedo Owonjezera IPA, Heady Topper "alibe ululu umene umakhala ndi iwe," adatero Bruce.
"Choyamba, mungathe kumwa mowa kumbuyo kwa pakhosi mwanu. Pambuyo pake, zimakhala bwino, ndipo ndi zabwino ndithu," adatero Bob.
Alex adakumbukira kuti: "Ndine wokondwa. Ndimakonda kwambiri."
Choncho, ngati mumakonda mowa, konzekerani kukaona Vermont. Koma ndibwino kuti mukhale ndi masiku angapo ndikudzipangira nokha. Ndinaimbira foni Alchemist ndikulemba izi, ndipo iwo anagulitsidwa pa zolemba zawo! (Kuyambira mu 2014, sitolo yogulitsira pa brewery yatseka.)
Vermont ikhoza kukhala malo okhawo padziko lapansi komwe mowa wangwiro angapezeke kwa nthawi yayitali.