Draft. A hazy golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of malt, yeast, and fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, dusty hops, and fruit, leading to a bitter finish.

Draught tulip at CBC on 6/28/06, Infinite Summer version. Large off-white head is fairly well-retained, but does recede to a ring, eventually and laces in light rings at the top of the glass. The body is quite hazy, surprisingly so for an IPA, with only a low to medium-low clarity. Very sunset-like in color, with orange, yellow and pink swirling about. Very dry nose boasts plenty of grapefruit rind, very bitter lemons, hop plant-like leafiness and just a touch of very clean, but fresh yeast. Malt is lean, with a drizzle of honey left on the end and grainy, almost sourdough-tinged notes mixing with the hops. Strength of the aroma is medium to medium-high but I think that some of the yeast haze has dulled the aroma somewhat. The flavor is markedly more malty than expected, certainly not bullied by the malt, but has a soft touch of honey and light graham crackers that provide texture (as well as the yeast). Hops are still quite bitter for not being boiled during the bittering stage. But I suppose that still leaves a lot of room to maneuver at the end of the boil, you can tell they tossed in a ton of high AA hops and probably did so for longer than a normal finishing boil. Anyways, it translates to a bitter, dry, grapefruity beer, with oranges and light cherries from the amarillos and some minimal tropical fruit from the simcoe. A bit of pine chewiness is notable and the hops trail off with a bitter, leafy, nearly astringent flavor that is, fortunately, dulled by the malt and yeast. Carbonation is very low and unobtrusive, no alcohol is noted.