Draft pour pint enjoyed at Elliott Bay Pizza, Mill Creek. After growing slightly impatient with finding a cold IPA that truly stood out as exceptional, I had to find this one, per mcberko's recommendation. Clean and bright golden appearance, piney and melon hop aroma explode from the glass. Cool melon and piney front, with just enough bite to keep this mildly aggressive and ultimately inviting. Piney, oily hops really work nicely with the juicier melon and citrus side. Cold or not, this is how IPA is supposed to be. Expecting greatness from Fort George, this really puts the other brewer on my radar beyond just having heard of them. A 4.6 though??? Yeah, it's a 4.6.

16 oz. can, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is jam-packed with fragrant NZ hoppy goodness - so much white wine, melon, piney hops - damn that's nice. Flavour is no less expressive, with intense piney hop goodness, some white wine tang, melon, and plenty of spicy, grassy bitterness on the finish. This is seriously awesome - so much NZ hoppy decadence, so clean, biting, and crisp. One of the best IPAs I've had in recent years.