It’s Friday again, and the good people Brouwerij Lane have lots of hops for us this weekend.

First up is the flagship beer of one of my favorite breweries…Green Flash Brewing Comapany’s West Coast IPA. This beer is pretty common in the city, but Brouwerij Lane has secured a cask of it for tonights’ 5pm weekly cask tapping! This beer is an aggressively hopped American IPA, and the West Coast name comes from the part of the country that originated the style. This is a beer that stands with the best of the best when it comes to IPAs, one I put on the same level as Founders’ Centennial.

As always with cask ale it is not carbonated, and tends to allow the subtleties of the beer come out.  The first time I had this beer it was on cask, and I look forward to reliving the exerience.

On top of the cask itself Brouwerij Lane will be breaking in their recently acquired antique Irish cask tap! Much better than the plastic pouring mechanisms some places are using.  Doesn’t it look awesome!  I know…I’m a total beer dork.

in addition to this wonderful cask…there will be a keg of…

Mikkeller is from Denmark, but end up brewing there beers at breweries all over Europe.  They have become known for stouts like Beer Geek Breakfast and Beer Geek Brunch, but they have been showing their love for American craft beer by releasing a series of American IPAs.  They have done several single hop varietal IPAs, but this one is a little different.

Mikkeller’s Stateside IPA is 7% abv, and is brewed with chinook, cascade and amarillo hops giving the beer a big nose with notes of citrus, and lots of bitterness.  While the brewery says that there is a generous amount of hops in the beer they have tried to balance it with a malt profile that lends itself to caramel flavors.  Honestly the Stateside IPA is not one I’ve had, but my little experience with Mikkeller tells me it’s something I should try.

Mikkeller ales are typically found in bottles around NYC, and this is one of the first draft appearances I have ever seen.

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These are two beers that I’ve very excited about, but let it be known rare and delicious beers go fast at Brouwerij Lane.  The cask of Raging Bitch from last week was gone in less than 36 hours…so if you want to taste the cask of West Coast IPA or the Mikkeller Stateside I recommend making your way down to the show fast. The cask should be tapped around 5pm today, and the Mikkeller will go on once something kicks I’m sure.

Brouwerij Lane is located at
78 Greenpoint Avenue (at the corner of Franklin Ave.)
Greenpoint, Brooklyn

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• Green Flash bottles photo by Aubrey Sun via flickr.
• Mikkeller photo by Justin Bramley via flickr.
• this is part of my series called What Ales You.
  • read more of these posts here.
• more on Brouwerij Lane here.

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UPDATE: Founder’s Cenntenial will also be available on tap sometime this weekend.