Perrin it Down

Lucky #7 of the day - Perrin Brewing on the north side of Grand Rapids. It's BBQ pulled pork Tuesday, so we planned to hit this at dinner time. A review on their pork coming up. We got a fiver flight as appetizer - the Q-Stew pale ale, the IPA, grapefruit IPA, ain't no sunshine Belgian and the raspberry blonde. The pale ale was brewed with a variety of hops that I don't particularly care for, but it was more mild than others I've had. Next up was the IPA - it had a similar hop flavor, but clearly mixed in a few different kinds of hops to mellow it down even more. It was an ok IPA, not the best we've had on the trip :-). Word has it Oscar Blues out of Colorado bought Perrin. Oscar Blues is where we had our first Hugo Logo - a tasty blend of IPA and wheat brews. Grapefruit IPAs are apparently all the rage this season with Abita and Traveler leading the way. Perrin's grapefruit IPA isn't as good as the others - I didn't pick up much grapefruit at all actually. The Ain't No Sunsnine tasted very similar to the grapefruit IPA - not sure how that is. All the brews so far had a similar flavor...which may be due to the yeast they use. The idea reminds me of Boulevard Brewery...not the flavor at all...just the idea that all the brews taste similar. On to the pulled pork...not bad. Sweet flavor in the beginning with heat that builds as you go. It came with a side of baked beans with big chunks of pork. Really good!  For dessert we had the raspberry blonde which was a sweet, tart blonde worthy of a pint.