XI Anniversary IPA
Rising Tide Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
6.71
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Canned 12/13/21, drunk 1/12/22. Medium hazy, bronze-canary. White head is small, receding to ring. Oh wow, this is lovely and a nice change of pace. Papaya and melon with lemon and light biscuit. Interesting herbs and random, eccentric citrus notes. Soft and malty, lots of rich texture with light resin, lemon, mango and lots of...hmmm...blandness? Maybe the wheat comes off too strong here? Or maybe the more lighthearted hop notes have faded, leaving too much resin. Half-way through the can and it's very bitter and thick, with pine and lemon rind lingering. I appreciate that they're trying to not just buy in to the straight up cookie-cutter NEIPA and are straddling the line here, but it doesn't do it for me. Just feels more like a really thickly textured West Coast. Fine, if that's your thing.
CLW (16720) reviewed XI Anniversary IPA from Rising Tide Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
16 oz. can. Aroma is citrus and pineapple. Flavors aforementioned fruit with a little bit of an astringent bitterness in the finish. Maybe just a hint of juice. Sorry but this is pretty ordinary IPA at this point.