It’s weird when a relief pitcher is the most exciting player on the team, but Miller actually was for me. It brought me so much joy watching him pitch in that 2016 postseason. ![]() That was probably his peak with us and it was one hell of a peak. Once he was on the mound and we had a lead there was no chance we were gonna lose. Miller faced eight batters, recorded eight outs, and only threw 21 pitches. He got to the fifth inning before Shaw took over for one inning. Merritt was making his second career start so it felt like we were screwed. I remember in the close out game in Toronto being slightly terrified when Ryan Merritt was forced to make the start since Bauer’s drone messed up our rotation. He gave up zero hits, zero walks, struck out 14 and earned the ALCS MVP nod. In the ALCS he gave us 7 and 2/3 innings of work in which he faced 25 batters. Our relief pitching was so dominant during that run and no one was more dominant than Andrew Miller. It got to the point in the playoffs if we had a lead after five innings the game was over. And the best part about this one was that he did everything we needed and more. And as a fan you always need to get excited by those types of deals. You don’t go out and get Andrew Miller unless you think you have a shot at bringing home a World Series trophy. I think I liked him from the beginning because trading for him was a sign we were in a championship window. So we’ll need to stick with second for now. However, when it’s only three years it’s hard to justify him as my favorite Indians player of all time. As far as favorite player peaks, he’d easily be my number one. Now obviously this beer reminds me of Andrew Miller (in the sense he is my second favorite Indians player and this was my second favorite Tree House DIPA).Īndrew Miller was only with us for three seasons, but in those three seasons I was the biggest Andrew Miller fan. Overall, I found this to be a well-balanced and drinkable beer and a good representation of the style. The finish was short and also had a nice sweetness. There was slight palate carbonation, which I was surprised that it even existed at all. Definitely a full bodied beer that had a coating mouthfeel and brought out that creaminess mentioned before. ![]() The other thing was that it tasted rather juicy. It also tasted somewhat creamy if that makes any sense. There was some slight pineapple of course, but the bigger flavors were orange and peach. Another example of a beer in which the taste didn’t follow aroma. ![]() There was some alcohol detectable upon tasting it. But it really all came back to that pineapple. There was also definitely some orange in there and a little bit of pine possibly. Pineapple was far and away the most present aroma and I very much enjoyed that. There was slight alcohol detectable on the nose, which makes sense for an 8.2% beer. The name, Haze, was perfect for this beer. There wasn’t any visible carbonation either. The color of the beer was kinda odd to me, but that foam really captured my attention. This pillowy pile of foam lasted well over five minutes and left lacing up and down the sides of the glass. It poured a milky yellowish-orange with about three(!) fingers of foam. I poured a 16 ounce can into a tulip glass. Haze is a Double IPA style beer from Tree House Brewing Company in Charlton, Massachusetts.
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