8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

A double IPA from a brewery I want to visit, instead I have a tall boy can that was found at an Albuquerque Total Wine in the early fall last year. I had a snifter ready for the pour but the opening of the can was exuberant, had to clean up first. I see an indistinct yellow-orange body topped by a promptly receding heavy head of fully white foam. The nose is interesting, pine initially, grain and yellow fruit. The taste is more focused and pretty gosh darn good. Large with the hops, crackers, lemons, marmalade, cardboard, apricots and malt. Substantially bitter. Northern New Mexico is a bit of a hot bed for IPA brewing in my estimation, this beer only expands on that.