Batch #023
Nowhere in Particular Brewing Company in Dayton, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.85
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On draught at 101 Beer Kitchen Westerville. The beer is a orange-gold color with a medium thick white head that diminishes steadily to a film. Partial rings of lace. Aroma of floral hops, citrus and malt. Medium body with flavors of floral hops, citrus/melon and mildly spicy rye malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a citrusy hop and earthy malt aftertaste. Decent overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours opaquely hazy/cloudy medium orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, tangerine, red apple, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, wheat, spelt, biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, tangerine, red apple, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, wheat, spelt, biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, tangerine, red apple, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, wheat, spelt, biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with minimal astringent hop flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is good. A bit of resiny roughness on the finish. Zero warming alcohol for 7.5%. Overall this is a pretty nice IPA. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Not sure if they were trying to do a spelt malt NEIPA or something, not soft enough. Not really a big fan of the solo Bru-1 hops with this, should have complemented it with something else. Very earthy, dank, and pome/stone fruity hops; with a nice bready malt backbone, and mild residual sweetness. A nicely enjoyable and unique offering otherwise.