{"id":16212,"date":"2017-01-20T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=16212"},"modified":"2017-01-19T12:29:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T20:29:41","slug":"beer-of-the-week-little-miss-hoperation-overlord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2017\/01\/20\/beer-of-the-week-little-miss-hoperation-overlord\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer of the Week: Little Miss Hoperation Overlord"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hoperation Overlord Imperial Oatmeal IPA from Little Miss Brewing in Miramar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the Beer Writer:\u00a0<\/strong>Having written about beer for as long as I have and during such an adventurous stretch in American brewing history, it’s rare to come across something completely new. Often, such first-of-their-kind creations incorporate exotic fruits or outlandish yeast strains, but a recent oddity was based off very traditional brewing ingredients. That creation is Little Miss Hoperation Overlord<\/strong>, a\u00a0double India pale ale with flaked oats folded into its malt bill. Brewed by Miramar newcomer\u00a0Little Miss Brewing<\/strong><\/a>, its an IPA that features added\u00a0mouthfeel in a county known for going as light as possible where malt-body is concerned with this beer-style. Admittedly,\u00a0it in no way resembles a “San Diego IPA”, but in a day and age of imitation, it’s refreshing to have something not only different, but darn good. A\u00a0modern-hop bill bring delicious flavors of mango, peach and candied lemon to the party, while the malt bill gives this concoction a copper appearance, brown-sugar nose and burnt caramel undertones. The viscosity provided by the oats helps convey all of that character in a smooth and even fashion.\u00a0And at 8.5% alcohol-by-volume, it comes in low for a double IPA, but that’s just fine, as this is a beer you’re likely going to want to enjoy two of, anyway. And soon it’ll be available at a pair of WIP Little Miss tasting rooms in Normal Heights and Ocean Beach, the latter of which will be the fifth<\/em> such space to debut on Newport Avenue between Cable Street and Sunset Cliffs Boulevard.<\/p>\n

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The future home of Little Miss Brewing’s tasting room in OB (three doors down from Culture Brewing’s satellite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the Brewer:\u00a0<\/strong>“We had been planning on making a double IPA and San Diego Beer Week<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0seemed as good of a time as any to debut it. When formulating the recipe, we decided to use oatmeal, mostly because we couldn’t think of too many imperial IPAs that use it, and also because we thought the oatmeal would take a normally big, aggressive, hoppy beer and mellow it out a little bit, creating a deceptively smooth beer. For the hops, we used Citra, Mosaic and Nugget. We wanted to showcase the fruity, citrusy, floral qualities of those hops. It wasn’t necessarily a beer that we intended to have on full-time, but the reaction to it has been overwhelmingly positive and it has quickly become one of our best-sellers, so it will stay on as long as everyone wants it.”\u2014<\/em>Joe Lisica, Head Brewer, Little Miss Brewing<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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