Blood Orange PsycHOPathy
MadTree Brewing Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.33
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 9/29/2017. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy golden orange/amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of juicy blood orange, lemon, grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, light pepper, pine, light caramel, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/pine/earthy hops, blood orange, and moderate bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big juicy blood orange, lemon, grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, light pepper, pine, light caramel, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine/citrus rind/herbal/grassy/peppery bitterness and light fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of blood orange, lemon, grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine/earthy hops, blood orange, and moderate bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness and fruit tartness balance; with zero astringent hop/fruit flavors after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from bitterness and tart/tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, sticky/resinous/rindy, and lightly acidic/tangy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 6.9%. Overall this is a very nice fruited IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine/earthy hops, blood orange, and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Fairly aggressive, but not overwhelming. Classic C hop profile. Balanced juicy and dank hops/fruit; nice bready malt backbone, with minimal residual sweetness. A very enjoyable offering. Liked it just as much as the base beer, but more juicy on this one from fruit.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Can, slightly crushed on the corner, heheheh and it should be listed as Mad Tree Psychopathy - Blood Orange. Cloudy like a good hefe but the smell is metallic apa. Not sure at first if this qualifies to be an IPA but in the middle it starts to exert itself. Yes, bitterness bui;lds until it becomes a ubiquitous lighter IPA. Hides alky pretty well, thot this was a session IPA at first. IN the end I think it should be listed as an APA, tasted stronger APAs than this. But hey, you like IPA? Give it a try.