Review: Baller Session Ale

I never intended to review this beer, or post about it beyond my reference to it in my post on failure in brewing because I thought I had merely created a sub-par version of the Club 33 British Ale or, as a I wrote at the time "a more bitter version of the Club 33 British Ale."  The beer also sat in a keg for several weeks before I tapped it because I had not finished the Club 33, so I never had a chance to drink it carbonated.

The result was surprising as the beer was much different than the Club 33.  The most distinct difference was the yeasty flavor profile, almost like a cross between a Session Ale and a Hefeweizen.  At first it was too yeasty.  I think this is because the Hen's Tooth yeast doesn't flocculate as well as the Nottingham ale yeast and also because I didn't let the beer settle as much before racking it.  After cold-crashing the beer to clarify it, the  yeasty flavor dissipated leaving a low-gravity beer with a really nice flavor.  It is hoppier than Club 33, which is appealing when I'm mood for something with a little more bite.