Threadless IPA
Finch Beer Co. in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.73
|
|
Our Threadless/Finch collaboration IPA is a balanced experience of both perceived hoppiness and true bitterness. It pours a darker amber color and finishes with a citrus flavor, and when combined, will require this to be the last IPA you ever drink! Well, maybe, we realize you will probably drink more, but the result of this recipe clearly evolves into a very balanced IPA. The grain bill on this big pale includes melanoidin and Victory malts. We hop it up before the boil starts with some Columbus first wort hopping, then add a bunch more for bittering.
Sign up to add a tick or review
5.6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can. Yet, another IPA. This one is just kind of average. Color was gold. Really not much head for a IPA. Taste was typical except there was a weird after taste yo it. Almost chemical like. Aroma typical.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2025
at 04:32
6.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
1 pint can. Pours a hazy deep gold with a large foamy off-white head. Aroma is citrus, melon, and bread. Taste is melon, citrus, plum, caramel, bread, grass, malt.. Mild bitterness, unlike many IPAs. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Oct 2017
at 01:16
6.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can sourced from the Duke in Chicago. Pours unclear, rich gold with a creamy, off-white head. The nose holds crackery malts, some ripening orange, bread. Medium sweet flavour with some white gape, melon, pine, more crackers, grass. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Lightly resinous to close, with more bitter grass, light plastic, graham cracker. Eh, doesn’t seem too fresh? So so.
Tried
from Can
on 21 May 2016
at 21:18
7.4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Glass, 12 ounces, draught, trip to Dark Lord Day, savoured on April 24 2015; eye: orangey, hazy, no effervescence, nice white head that turns into a thin sheet, lots of lacing; nose: resinous hops, light “old socks”, grapefruit; mouth: resinous hops, light “old socks”, grapefruit, dry finale in grapefruit, full body, good carbonation, rather bitter, harsh texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 12 onces, en fût, voyage pour Dark Lord Day, savourée le 24 avril 2015; œil : orangée, trouble, pas d’effervescence, belle mousse blanche qui se transforme en une mince couverture, beaucoup de dentelle; nez : houblon résineux, léger chausson, pamplemousse; bouche : houblon résineux, léger chausson, pamplemousse, finale sèche en pamplemousse, corsée, bonne carbonatation, plutôt amère, texture râpeuse; en résumé : bien
Tried
on 15 Jun 2015
at 17:46
8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This was poured into a nonic pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy bronzed orange color with a one and a half finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute leaving some messy lacing.
The smell had a sharp sweet to bitter citrus blend coursing it’s way between bittersweet pine. A nice caramel malt backbone graces underneath.
The taste was balanced between the sweet citrus and bitter pine and levels out to the malt backbone nicely. A nice balanced citrus sweetness to pine aftertaste leads to a semi-dry citrus finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a wonderful sessionability about it. The carbonation seemed good for the style and for me. Bitterness seemed balanced as well to have a nice harshness against my tongue.
Overall, this was a really nice fairly crushable AIPA that I would love to have again and possibly even just drink from the can on a hot Summer’s day.
The appearance was a hazy bronzed orange color with a one and a half finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute leaving some messy lacing.
The smell had a sharp sweet to bitter citrus blend coursing it’s way between bittersweet pine. A nice caramel malt backbone graces underneath.
The taste was balanced between the sweet citrus and bitter pine and levels out to the malt backbone nicely. A nice balanced citrus sweetness to pine aftertaste leads to a semi-dry citrus finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a wonderful sessionability about it. The carbonation seemed good for the style and for me. Bitterness seemed balanced as well to have a nice harshness against my tongue.
Overall, this was a really nice fairly crushable AIPA that I would love to have again and possibly even just drink from the can on a hot Summer’s day.
Tried
from Can
on 04 May 2015
at 11:05
7.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A hazed golden ipa with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with loads of c-hops, floral and resinous, grapefruit pulp, nice and classic. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with piney and resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, nice and quaffable, yet complex and resinous. On tap at Range, Chicago.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Apr 2015
at 15:27
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ Barleycorn. Hazy orange with small off-white spongy head, faint hops aroma, low carbonation, lightly hoppy yaste, medium finish. Easy to drink, very smooth
Tried
on 09 Apr 2015
at 18:24
8/10
Tried
on 24 Sep 2014
at 13:33
5.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Rich, super cloudy amber and copper coloured body with a nice two centimetre tall tan head - very nice looking. Aroma of fresh grassy hops, alcohol, a good malt backbone, some light fruits and a very herbal and slightly resinous note. Medium-bodied; Very bitter hops up front showing grapefruit that have no depth at all - very mild after the first initial sip with not much malt coming through and only a touch of fruit or strength, the hops hit hard at first but are left with almost nothing just a few seconds later. Aftertaste shows the grassy and herbal hops with a little pale malt and very little else - not much going on, and not much complexity at all. Overall, a decent IPA with some good smells and a quick bitterness that basically fades to just about nothing at the end aside from herbs and grass. I sampled this sixteen ounce can purchased from Total Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 30-March-2014 for US$2.79 sampled at home in Washington on 30-May-2014.
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2014
at 22:28
6.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pours a cloudy, pale, golden yellow, with minimal head. Aroma has some hops and some citrus zest. Flavor is very grassy, the hops are pretty muted, and there’s a fairly sweet undercurrent. Not one of the better IPAs I’ve tried.
Tried
on 24 May 2014
at 17:53