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Surly Furious
January 21st thru January 27th
Brewer's Description
A tempest on the tongue, or a moment of pure hop bliss? Brewed with a dazzling blend of American hops and Scottish malt, this crimson-hued ale delivers waves of citrus, pine and caramel-toffee. For those who favor flavor, Furious has the hop-fire your taste buds have been screaming for.
Golden Promise malt and four American hop varieties result in a rich malt sweetness infused with bright hop flavor and aroma from beginning to end. It's about 6% alcohol and around 100 IBUs.
Overall Rating based on 49 reviews
3.51 of 5 stars
Brewery Information
Surly Brewing Company
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
surlybrewing.com
Interesting Fact
Surly's owner Omar Ansari had his first real beer at age 14 at Munich's Hofbrau Haus. Read more
Photography
Courtesy of Erin Reichelt. View more on her flickr set.
ryan says …and don’t call me Surly
January 24th, 2008
This beer pours a purdy ruby/copper color with a a nice think tan head. Lots of citrus in the nose, with some notes of resin-y pine and an aroma I can only describe as Hawaiian Punch-like that’s all in the Simcoe hops. I loves me teh Simcoes! A deeper sniff (or six) pulls out some nice, caramel malts. I can totally understand if people don’t catch this because this is a super hoppy beer throughout… huge bittering hops, huge flavor hops and huge hop aroma. Yup. More caramel sweetness and lots of citrus come through in the flavor. Yum!
It’s funny… two years ago when they debuted this beer at Winterfest, I couldn’t get over the hops… now I sit here on my couch and can’t help but notice the malt sweetness. In any case, a nice, local hoppy HOPPY beer. Good in the can, better on tap, best in a pin or firkin.
Jan 25th, 2008 at 3:03 am
Last night, I poured the first pint of Tea-bagged Cask Furious from a pin, and soaked in the luxurious hop aroma before giving it to the customer, remembered how much I adore it ( and I am not a cask beer nut)…thought of putting a pint aside for myself, but before I knew it, the remains of the pin had gone all yeasty, and unpalatable. No beer for me! Sucks…but I had plenty of Two, that’s not too shabby!
Jan 25th, 2008 at 9:36 am
I am typically a fan of cask beer, and the first time I had Furious on cask the smell alone made me gag, like putting a wad of decomposing grass in front of me. Way too earthy. It really surprised me, since Furious is so darn complex and yummy otherwise.