Can - accidental Drizly order purchase (I thought I was ordering their quad) - hazy orange with a fairly substantial head - moderately sweet, with some bready/yeasty character that subdues and muddles the vibrancy of the hops, which only really come through in the finish as moderate spicy and a lingering citric character - not a drain pour or anything, but meh.

A little too bitter for my tastes.

Can. Amber with a cm of white head. Floral aroma w grapefruit, breadcrust, pine needles w a bit of a herbal touch. Rather light bodied. Indeed a bit empty. But the lack of malt presence doesn’t mean it’s overwhelmed by the hops - perhaps the citrus has less dimension but the moderate bitterness works OK. Doesn’t live up to the promising of old fashioned aroma, but pretty good.

Can from Cap Tap. Pours translucent orange tinged gold with a creamy beige head. Aroma of pale stone fruits. Some citrus. Med body or a bit more. Flavor is citrus, pale stone fruits and arguably pamplemousse. It's dry, tho malt support is detectable. Hoppy and bitter. Approaching the old NW bitterness, but with a more diverse hop mix. Very good indeed.

Second rating only in spite of this variant apparently having been in existence for months now, strange - and since I had this one two days ago, it appears I could even have been the first one, damn you, backlog... Anyway, a new Spencer IPA variant, apparently sold both in bottles and cans. Off-white, medium thick, lacing, mousy head on a misty warm apricot-golden blonde beer. Aroma of dried orange peel, toasted onions, dried shallot, dry biscuit, fried green olives, baked banana, elderblossom (as observed by Marie), pine resin, some cheese rind. Cleanish fruitiness in the onset, low in sweetness with hints of green banana and unripe peach, softish carb, soft mouthfeel; bread-crusty, somewhat 'powdery' malt body, quite rounded, under a dried onion- or shallot- and dried grapefruit peel-like hoppiness, adding a softish yet persistent, lightly spicy bitterness with herbal and vaguely cheesy aspects; a tad piney in the end, dry but still rounded. This will not impress the masses of beer geeks that are have become used to IPA in all its modern forms: this is rather old school, and seemingly even a bit softer than the regular Spencer India Pale Ale we already know. Otherwise both versions hardly differ at all, with this one being a slightly 'lighter' version (in flavour and strength), it seems. Enjoyable for what it is, certainly, but one can wonder what the purpose of only a slightly different version could be...