Pygmy Owl Itty Bitty IPA

Clear pale gold with pretty much no head - looks like a crappy pale lager - nose is fairly simple - just some green hoppiness with no malt character to speak of - flavor is pretty simple - lightly crackery, crisp, malt character, with some notes of straw, cracked grains - crisp finish with moderate hop greenness and moderate bitterness - simple, but enjoyable enough, with no real flaws to speak of - it’s really more of a lightly hoppy golden ale than a session IPA, but I would reach for it again on a really hot day.

12oz bottle. I was hoping for a lot but literally felt robbed. Pale golden color with a decent head. Watery lifeless malts kill the beer because I taste nothing but resinous dirty green hops. Not a fun hop character, astringently hoppy with no roundness. This beer may be too deconstructed. I like low abv and clean hoppiness but this tastes like a filtered down version of a good IPA.

Bottle pour. Pours a clear pale yellow with a patchy head. This is a very light beer. Some hoppy, grassy aroma with a little citrus fruit. Light taste with corn, grass, and hops. All flavor is mild. This is an average beer. Not much stands out. Very easy drinking at least. Had a couple times now. Not a bad session.

Bottle - Grassy and citrus hops. Clear gold with a thin white head. Light grassy citrus hops and a clean finish. Great session IPA.

Pours like a lager, clean and crisp and clear, light head. Light hop aroma. Initial taste smacks of grains, but hops come in on the finish, and dries it out. This is a great session beer and would be great on a hot day.

Bottle from Bine & Vine. Pours light gold with a creamy/foamy white head. Aroma is somewhat earthy with very light caramel. Med minus body. Flavor is sort of resin/earthy with very light malt support. Drinks ok. It’s dry, and finishes bitter. Bitter!

It pours a pale yellow with a 1" head of foam that shrinks pretty quickly but doesn’t leave the scene totally. There’s some good lacing left behind.

The nose is very nice. Lots of pine, some grass and citrus, a bit of grain.

The taste is not as up front as the smell but it’s still tasty with the notes I mentioned above with the grain playing a bigger part though I think, the hoppy goodness still stands its ground.

Not too shabby a body considering the low abv. It does get a touch watery at the very end.

I like this US defined session beer. There’s enough good flavour there to satisfy my palate.