This week's Sunday Night Suds looks at Negev Brewery's IPA.
Negev Brewery is one of the "older" craft breweries in Israel as it has been producing beer since 2008, right around the time that people realized that Maccabee and Goldstar were, well, not really worth drinking for any reason other than patriotism.
Although they call themselves "Negev" the brewery is based in Kiryat Gat, which is due east of Ashkelon and pretty far north of Beersheva and the Negev Desert. But leaving the facts out of the equation, they do brew a pretty solid IPA, perhaps one of the best non-tap beers I had while in Israel.
The beer had solid carbonation and poured the perfect rich amber color. The first sip was grapefruit and successive sips brought almost tangerine type tang as well as pine. At 5.8% abv the beer was right in the middle of the range and there was no excessive alcohol bite. This was one of those beers that I wished I had taken more than one of when I mixed by six pack at Beer Bazaar.
The beer is certified kosher by R' Shlomo Ben Eliyah of Mateh Asher and there is a kashrus symbol on the back of the bottle.
As always, please remember to drink responsibly and to never waste good beer unless there is no designated driver.
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