F.X. Matt Brewing Company (Saranac) Gen IV IPA

Gen IV IPA

 

F.X. Matt Brewing Company (Saranac) in Utica, New York, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Session Regular
Score
6.44
ABV: 4.5% IBU: 30 Ticks: 16
Gen IV is four generations of brewing. Fred and Nick helped to "pilot brew" this session IPA with a hop forward, tropical character. Dynamic and easy drinking.
 

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Golden in color with a medium head. Aroma is light citrus and light spruce. Taste is also light with a slight bitter taste.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2025 at 05:13

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Grass nose. Hazy amber, fine sediment, medium head. Grass, lemon zest accents. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Tried on 13 Nov 2018 at 01:36

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
12 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy medium golden amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt notes; with solid strength. A bit muddy aromas. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread, 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, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, and slightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a very nice session IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. This was advertised as Citra/Amarillo; but it is mostly Amarillo, with underlying Citra. Very vibrant, dank, and earthy hop complexity; nice bready malt backbone, with minimal residual sweetness. A very enjoyable and well made offering for the ABV/style.
Tried from Can on 29 Jul 2018 at 21:26

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
From notes. Thin. Fizzy. Bitter. A little lemon/citrus flavor and aroma. Okay beer.
Tried on 02 Dec 2017 at 13:09

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Hazy golden coloured body with a smallish, single centimetre tall pure white head. Aroma of white grapes, a touch of tart and sour notes, a little grass and a good deal of super tropical fruit hops with a noticeable malt scent as well. Light-bodied; Sharp grassy and very herbal flavours at first with a dry bite, some subdued yet noticeable malt and earthy flavours and ending with a moderate amount of hops along with the bitterness coupled with a touch of sweetness from the fruit. Aftertaste shows some herbs, grass and a lot of dryed flavours - more than typical, coupled with a dose of herbal and tea-like notes near the end. Overall, a decent enough beer that shows moderately well throughout, but leaves a ton of bitterness, which will be okay for the short term, while the dry and herbal elements come out here and last moderately long. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Shopper's Food Warehouse in Alexandria, Virginia on 21-June-2017 for US$1,25, sampled at home in Washington on 12-September-2017.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2017 at 19:49

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Barracks Road Harris Teeter. Pours chunky golden - lots of floaties, small white head. Aroma is citrus hops - nothing too exciting, but not at all unpleasant.. Flavor is lemon zest, cardboard, light burnt popcorn. Boring, as most session IPAs, to me, are.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 14:51

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
355ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy gold with a small, creamy, long lasting, white head that laces. Sweet aroma of pale malt, tropical fruit, tangerine, orange and peach. Sweet flavour of pale malt, tangerine, grapefruit, peach and apricot with a dry, bitter grass finish. Light body with a watery texture and average carbonation. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2017 at 00:59

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Market Basket Brilliantly clear light golden color with a decent sized bubbly white head that persists. Grassy earthy resinous hop aromas with some faint bready malt underneath. Light caramel flavor adds to the resinous pine minty hop flavor. Decent beer.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Sep 2016 at 17:50

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12oz bottle-thin white-yellow/gold. A-tropical/some orange, lt malt. T-some citrus/spice hops, lt malt, minerally.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2016 at 15:29

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Refrigerated 12 oz. aluminum can poured into a glass. Slightly hazy golden with small white head. Aroma is herbal hops, medium body, medium carbonation, and some lacing. Taste is herbal hops.
Tried from Can on 12 Nov 2015 at 20:11