Float Trip IPA
Rivertowne Brewing (PA) in Export, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.15
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cheap (9533) reviewed Float Trip IPA from Rivertowne Brewing (PA) 7 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5
From a can looks like it came from wegmans, chitauqua in the summer, well no; now I see its from a recent market district trip. Slight haze on clear. First impression is shattering rubbery bitterness so common in many IPA. Is there a diesel in there? You know, like the dank fuel you smell at the green pump at sheetz? Does seem like it has more alky than listed here. It also has some of that astringent green fresh cut veggie thing going on, yah know, like you feel in a highly hopped session IPA. Big bold and in yer face, yes typical ubiquitous happy BS IPA. Forget about pale lager, the new macro is IPA! Rude azz-mah-fah. Yea, just another ubiquitous crafto IPA. So many you can't keep up with them, just like calling the same IPA another name, ten times over.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled from a can this beer poured a hazy vibrant golden color with a large foamy yellow-white head that lingered and left good lacing. the aroma was leafy floral hop with a bit of earthiness. The flavor was bitter with leafy floral and fruity hops. Long finish. Medium body.
superspak (10160) reviewed Float Trip IPA from Rivertowne Brewing (PA) 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, best before 9/25/2018. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.2%. Overall this is a very good IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and pretty refreshing to drink with the moderately bitter/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Was expecting more tropical presence with the Cascade, El Dorado, Citra, Galaxy billing; but this was tasty. Very juicy, dank, and earthy balanced hop complexity; nice bready Munich malt backbone, with minimal residual sweetness. A very enjoyable offering.