1-6-20

Can. Cloudy golden body with a frothy, white head, diminishing. Aroma of tropical fruit, citrus, orange peel, grapefruit, toasted grain. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/sticky texture, lively carbonation. T

Sampled at CBC, pours a mostly clear orange with some cloudy, white head. Nose is candy, orange, tangerine, a little soap. Flavor falls off a little, tangerine, orange, candy, mango, but nothing truly shines. Finishes oily too.

Keg at the brewpub, 8/11/16. Hazy orange, thin creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of tropical fruit, pale malt, mild toastiness. The taste is bitter citrus, tropical hops, pale malt. Medium bodied.

Can from JSquire, canned 4/29/16, drunk 9/8/16.
After the disastrous session IPA of theirs I had, full of wort and such, I wasn’t too psyched for this 4.25 month old beer. It seemed highly unlikely this could be good. Thankfully, the pour shows a good, off-white head, with low retention atop a very hazy, golden-peach body.
The nose has that odd, almost roasted malt-meets-caramel-meets-wort note, but you can still sense some of the pine and grapefruit, while there’s a good fruitiness and also a solid malt backbone of honey and light caramel. No alcohol, resin or flaw.
Even better in the flavor, and actually quite shockingly nice for its age. Big fruit and juice flavors mix with light caramel, spicy orange rind and even light watermelon. Near-perfect attenuation, with an ultra-soft maltiness, fine carbonation and great balance overall. Don’t know if the pine and resin was ever there (assume the pine was), but this is just wonderful now. It’s certainly fun to drink older IPAs, because you really see how well brewed it is, not just how well-hopped. Makes me rethink my rating of their session IPA, which I’m now going to go delete. Would love to try some fresh stuff from these guys.

Can from jsquire in the locals swap - thanks! Pours very hazy orange, lots of floaties in the glass, small white head, dissipates slowly, good lacing. Aroma is citrus, floral, oranges, green tea. Flavor is medium sweet, light bitter, floral, tea and citrus notes, grapefruit and some peach. Medium body, super creamy. Pretty solid.

Sample at Daily Growler Powell during the "Cupzilla Korean BBQ & Double IPA Showcase" on 04/01/2016. Clear bronze color with a medium foamy bone white head that diminishes gradually to a film. Strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus, hops and malt. Medium-bodied with flavors of citrusy hops, pine and roast malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a lingering grapefruit and hop aftertaste. Above average overall.