Draft pour pint at Hop and Hound, Bothell. Then another pint. Couldn’t help it. Thick, hazy orange juice pour with a cream cap head. What a treat this IPA is. Aroma is bursting with a tart tropical fruit. Mango, orange, pineapple. Sour fruit smoothie like aroma. Flavor is a little tart too, wondering if this was inintentional, or a nice mistake. Tropical Fruit constant flavor. Orange juice. Fruit puree. Flavor matches the aroma pretty closely. Really wondering if this is another beer that Matchless adds no fruit at all, much to my surprise, but just finds a magical hop combination instead. Coming from the brewer that shows us that hops are the new fruit, I’m not too surprised to see the level of mixed fruit here. Peaches in the late palate. Creamy vanilla to round the flavor out. The tart constant seems to seperate this from the rest of the pack. This is a damn near perfect IPA for my taste. Fun to experience this new Norwegian yeast strain, and find gold in the first taste. Starting to look like there will be some competition in the local Seattle IPA game. This was one of the best I’ve had. Seriously impressed with this one.