Everything But the Kitchen Sink IPA
Two Roads Brewing Company in Stratford, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.65
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Poured gold from can. Lots of things going on cacophony of citrus and hops. But pretty good
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Slightly hazy pale golden coloured body with a relatively thick tan and cream coloured head, about three to four centimetres tall that's relatively microfoamed, and also leaves a nice lace on the sides. Aroma of bitter and dank hops throughout, with some pine, flowers, grass, grapefruit, white grape juice and light soap as well, but not much malts and an odd dose of sweetness in the nose. Medium-bodied; Relatively strong, floral and biting dry herbal notes show at first, with a lot of fruitier notes, like white grape juice, guava and even starfruit noticeable, with a dash of stone fruits as well, without much other sweetness and no real malt, body or backbone to support the hops and fruity characteristics that aren't very bitter, but they are flavourful and thin/simplistic. Aftertaste shows more of the pure hoppy notes with fruit flavours, but again, no yeast, no sweetness, no real complexity and no malts. Overall, even though they threw in the figurative kitchen sink, nothing really stuck or was worthwhile, as this seems a jumbled mess of hops, without balance, support or complexity...nice to try, but not a good IPA in really any sense. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 24-October-2020 for US$4,99 sampled at my house here in Washington on 25-November-2020.
Pours golden amber with furious carbonation and a fluffy white head. Aroma of light malt notes, resinous hops. Taste has a mild malt base with lingering tropical fruit notes, pine resin, simcoe. Palate has bright citrus on the nose, lingering wine must notes. Ridiculously complex.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
From a pint can. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Aromas of pine and citrus. Flavors are moderately bitter pine and grass.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Rosehip nose. Clear amber, thin head. Lilly and rosehip. Medium body, easy carbonation.