Bottle. The deScription has a lot of flowery language for an IPA. Dark gold color with a large head. Citrus and spruce taste and aroma.

Hazy golden coloured body with a rich, thick, three centimetre tall white head. Aroma of pale malt, grass, light hops and a touch of citrus. Light-bodied; Sharp metallic flavour up front with a grassy note, some subdued earthiness and a pale, yet distinct malt flavour. Aftertaste is a touch bland with a little grassiness and a light metallic note and a faint sweetness near the end. Overall, a light yet pungent grassy character with noticeable finish - not a bad beer for the style and showing much less bitterness than others in this style. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Washington (Foggy Bottom, Eye Street NW), DC on 28-May-2015 for US$2,49 sampled at home in Washington on 12-November-2015.

Fairly straightforward pale malts - biscuity - with a dryish, almost continental hop character.

Bottle into a pilsner glass. Best by 05/24/2015 so over a week past freshness date and it was priced accordingly. A: Medium gold with a slight haze and an inch of head retaining nicely. Lots of carbonation and good lacing too. S: Light bread scent with a faint spicy hop note in the background. T: A bitter herbal taste up front fairly dominates anything coming in behind. Not altogether good. A bit of a round maltiness finally detected but too little too late. I guess the hop bombs were diffused with age. M: Medium body and slightly above average carbonation. Pretty average. O: This beer is past it’s freshness date which may explain it’s herbal/vegetal character. I’m sure it deserves another rating and maybe it will receive one but it will be a while before I purchase this again. Not very good.

Poured up on tap at the SweetWater Draft House ATL Airport - Terminal A with a clear gold body that supports a white head of foam. The mild (aroma killing tumbler glassware) aroma offers up grassy to spicy hops as well as floral hops and a dash of lime. The taste is nice and hoppy up front with spicy and grassy hop bitterness that is thinly ringed with a mild floral hoppiness and some pilsner like malty sweetness. The hops are still the front runner right into the finish which is ok by me. Nice hop forward brew.

On tap at the Atlanta airport taphouse, terminal A. It pours a clear, golden body under small, dense, white head. There’s some maltyness on the nose, with resiny, lightly peppery, grassy and floral hops doing most of the work. It’s dry and full-bodied, with a tad too much carbonation. Some grainy pale malts in the flavor, notes of resins, grass and flowers and a suitable bitterness. Lasting bitter finish with a faint metallic hint. Wow, this was a nice one. I ordered the brown, but the waitress mixed up the orders and I got this instead. Didn’t think it could beany good after two different IPAs, but it was. 140511

Location: Draft at Big Sky in Buckhead, 3/20/14

Aroma: The nose is mild citrus hops, some grassy notes, malty notes, and some spice
Appearance: The pour is a clear, pale yellow color with a small white head and light lace
Flavor: The taste is light sweet, a touch thin flavor-wise, with a lighter hop bitterness
Palate: The body is light-medium, it has a solid, easy drinking mouthfeel, and a light dry finish
Overall Impression: I thought this was an okay beer. It is on the lighter, thiner side, but it certainly isn't bad. Easy drinking.

I believe the idea that it was a pilsner recipe, the pale malts and spicy hops come through, but the beer lacks the bracing bitter and dry finish of a good pilsner. I feel that this just didn’t succeed.

Pours clear golden color with white head. Pilsner malt and grassy hop aromas with a hint of fruitiness. Grainy and fruity flavor with a little grassiness. Light to medium body with average carbonation.