BrewDog - Jack Hammer

In my head Jack Hammer is not so much a metaphor for being beaten up with hops as, I'm sure, it was intended to be, more the name of the guy who made it, who in turn is just happy for the recognition. I've got a lot of respect for the people at BrewDog and it's hard not to love them when you know that this beer was a prototype, competing against other prototypes in the 2012 prototype challenge. It didn't win but BrewDog decided to run with it anyway, this little scrapper is the beer that could... The beer that could smash your face in!

Everything about this beer screams POWER! There's a big punch of grapefruit on the nose, really fresh grapefruit, something that's difficult enough to handle on it's own, but if you add to that a 7.2% alco-haymaker and a warning from BrewDog themselves about how bitter this is going to be, then what you've got are the makings of something beautiful.

WOOF! That's a proper IPA and that's no word of a lie! A big citrus punch with a bucket of bitterness to follow all encased within an extremely drinkable, pale orange/brown, body. In the blurb they talk about putting a bullet in the brain of mediocrity, well if that's what they wanted then we need to pin a medal on them. What have they won? Oh, just HATE CRIME OF THE CENTURY! THAT'S ALL! This beer, single handedly, takes mediocrity behind the shed and puts an end to its pitiful existence. Mediocrity sure didn't see Jack Hammer coming... This sounds like the synopsis of an awful B movie.

"Crime doesn't pay and vengeance is a dish best served cold. Mediocrity wants to travel into the future and stab the internet. Not if JACK HAMMER has anything to do with it! Jack, a no-nonsense cop who's lost his meds and lost the plot has one last chance to save his daughter from an exploding train and all the dinosaurs from the second Jurassic Park, a film that doesn't exist yet. Will the world be destroyed? Mediocrity thinks so. Jack thinks mediocrity should have lunch with him. What's being served? KNUCKLE SANDWICH!"

Food Suggestion: Knuckle Sand... Uh, curry, I love IPAs with curry. I can't help it, they just work too well for me to ignore the connection.

Drink this if you like: Similar in citrus zing to Citra by Oakham Ales but this is packing way more Umph in the trouser department.