5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Lightly hazy copper and bronze coloured body with a smooth single centimetre tall tan head on top. Aroma of rich hops that show almost more of a peppery and grassy bite than those of citrus along with some moderate malt elements and a dose of assertive grain and more of a lager yeast smell than any ale yeast. Light to Medium-bodied; Slightly fruity flavour at first that shows more of the pungent (read grapefruit and pomelo) citrus notes than that of oranges and lemons, but also some assertive drying flavours and grain more noticeable than some of the other flavours, but still packing quite the punch and profile. Aftertaste shows some dry grass and a lot of deeply citrus flavours with a lot more grain and malt flavours than anything else. Overall, not too complex, and showing perhaps more of an APA, if that, than any IPA, and the drying and malt flavours show through more than any hops, especially citrus flavours. Nice to try, but there are much better 'New England' IPAs than this one or ones with citrus notes at all. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can purchased from New Beer Distributors in New York, New York on 24-February-2018 for US$2,95 sampled in my hotel room here in New York, New York on 25-February-2018.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Feb 2018
at 19:15