Fresh Start
Smartmouth Brewing Company in Norfolk, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.64
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We’re sliding into 2021 with a fresh look, fresh attitude, and a four pack of Fresh Start IPA in hand. Place 2020 firmly in your rear-view mirror and cleanse your palette with a fresh batch of Simcoe, Citra, Kohatu hops! This fresh start is yours for the taking, one hop at a time.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Ever so slightly hazy golden and bronze coloured body with a thinnish, two centimetre tall just off-white head that stays afloat for a while and brings a nice lace to the sides. Aroma of soap, grass, flowers, hay and some very subdued citrusey components, without much alcohol or bitterness noticeable, but more of the malts and a bunch of fresh grasses. Medium-bodied; Strong grassy and very soapy herbal components show the hops with a subtle dose of bitterness and just about nothing else with a dry finish and some malt to balance things off. Aftertaste shows the floral, grassy and lightly citrusey notes with a light dose of hops and a good deal of sweetness, compared to the initial dry flavours. Overall, a fairly subtle and soft IPA with a clean, soapy and dry bite throughout that gives a little bit of sweetness and citrusey flavours, but this is pretty dry, but evenly balanced. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Harris Teeter in Arlington (Columbia Pike), Virginia on 18-April-2021 for US$1,87 sampled on the streets of New York with my kids on 02-May-2021.
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2021
at 13:46