On tap at Falling Rock, pours a clear copper with a medium white head. Aroma brings out a wonderful fresh piney hop character and a dry biscuity malt backing. Flavour is clean as well, with tons of piney hops, some hop oils and biscuity malt. So piney and dry, with a wonderfully oily palate. Wonderful stuff.

Tap at La Cumbre, Albuquerque. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, some dryness, some pine, hops and malts. Excellent drinkability. Believe the hype, this one is excellent IPA.

The beer to bring back from a trip to northern New Mexico. Pour most of the 16 oz. can into a chilled tall mug, see a nice orangey yellow body with enough head to keep track of the sips. Hoppy of course, it is an IPA, but nicely done, not knock you down. I detect the lemon, the grass and a bit of sweetness at the end. The taste lingers and that is good. Should be the first beer of a session before you move on to lesser brews, must make the four packs last. So, this is a much-needed revisit to one of my first RateBeer ratings 7 or 8 years back. I did not appreciate at the time what Elevated brought to the game. Now, having survived the NE style intrusion to the IPA style, I can update my opinion of Elevated. The tab on the 16 oz can I got in Santa Fe three days ago is lifted and well, hell yes, I will drink from the can. I have to say now it is a hop bomb and that is a good thing. A super brew, perhaps the best IPA I have had in my time. So very glad La Cumbre is still brewing the beer and I hope to make it to their tasting room in Albq someday. Kick up the rating.