7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 oz can poured, picked up at Hop and Hound. Almost 5 years after I visited the new Counterbalance Brewery on a crawl and tried the original IPA. A bright golden orange pour with a thin fizz head. Aroma is a nice orange spice and bold malt. Plenty of orange peel like bitterness with the flavor of this IPA. It bites up front, but finishes smooth. Great flavor here. A hybrid of IPA coasts I'd say. Nice brew.