Full, strong, sweet aroma of sharp hops. Taste is a bright parade of hop bitterness that quickly fades and is replaced by a smooth malt and fresh hop flavor. Very little aftertaste. Leaves your mouth begging for another.
5 out of 5 stars.
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Founders Dankwood
First tasted cold and it was not good- no real flavor, just warm bourbon alcohol heat. Let it sit for a few minutes, it’s still cold-ish. Sweet aroma with hints of bourbon. Taste is smooth, with a broad malt flavor that mellows quickly and provides a mild bourbon flavor in background. Nice blend. Aftertaste leaves a bit too much bourbon for my taste.
4 out of 5 stars.
Cigar City Guayabera
Fresh hop aroma. Crisp hop bite that immediately softens to a full flavor of fresh hops. Mike malt taste in background. Amazing job of such a strong hop punch to not be overpowering, and still have a detectable malt presence.
5 out of 5 stars.
Founders Trigo
Faint sweet hop aroma. Smooth taste with subdued hops flavor and a mild year/wheat malt flavor. Overall, very mild. Hard to believe with flavors this subtle that it’s 6.3%. Slight hop bitterness lingering in aftertaste.
4 out of 5 stars.
Brewdog Punk IPA
Bright hop aroma. Crisp sweet flavor of hops that slowly fades away. Aftertaste is minor hop bitterness with hint of malt in background. Continuous fresh hop aroma in every drink.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Short’s Space Rock Aug-2018
Fresh sweet aroma that’s a nice even mix of hops and malt. Crisp hop bite that’s slightly fruity, but has a bitter edge to it. Full mouth flavor. Slightly bitter hop aftertaste lingers together with a nice bready malt flavor. Malt flavor dissipates, then hop bitterness slowly fades away.
5 out of 5 stars.
Dogfish Head Liquid Truth Serum IPA
Sweet, flower-like hop aroma. Smooth hop flavor that has no bitter bite, but builds up slowly and smoothly to a full hop flavor. Very mild smooth hop aftertaste with a slightly dank note.
4 out of 5 stars.
Stone Idolatrous IPA
Fresh aroma of hops- sweet but slightly biting in smell. Flavor is sweet hops, almost lemony. Very smooth tasting and goes down easy. Very minor sweet hop aftertaste. Extremely drinkable for 7% ABV.
4.5 out of 5 stars
Short’s Sticky Icky Icky
Super sweet, strong hop bitterness aroma. Full-flavored hop sweetness, slightly bitter, but transitions to a clean malt flavor with no lingering hop bitterness. Very flavorful, but surprisingly smooth finish.
5 out of 5 stars.
Short’s Hopstache
Sweet hop aroma with a slight hop sharpness, almost reminiscent of pepper. Clean flavored slightly bitter taste of hops and grapefruit, finishing with a clean malt taste. A mild hop bitterness lingering in far away background. Very delicious.
5 out of 5 stars.