Whenever I'm in Atlanta I try to take a pin off of the jumping rout handle. Sweetwater Brewing located in a suburb of the ATL does a pretty good pint. I really enjoy their Brown. It's mid in the color spectrum with a ton of flavor. This is an easy beer to pair food with as it crosses several lines. Extremely versatile.
I realized as I was flying out that I had missed my opportunity to sample Sweetwater. Don't worry I had been trying loads of other new beers. Not to be superstitious or anything, but felt like even though I didn't feel well I still needed a pint before I took off.
I tried their IPA. It's clean and refreshing. A sessionable beer. Balanced the whole way through with a little hop kicker on the backside. Lighter in color than a lot of other IPA's, but that isn't a bad thing. The hops really helped with the terrible burrito I had at the airport.
I'd give it a 8. For what it was it was really good. I looked at their website and they aren't promising hop crushing flavor. Lately I have noticed that a lot of breweries throw in a ton of hops. I love hops don't get me wrong, but at a certain point I fell like they do it to cover up the fact that they can't develop good enough recipes to let the grain bill shine through. Good to see some people just make tasty beer that doesn't over power the pallate.
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