Bright fruity hop aroma. First taste is slightly puckering like lime, but smooths quite quickly. Bright and flavorful burst in the mouth, then mellows and leaves with a slightly taste aftertaste.
4 out of 5 stars.
Arbor Brewing Treebeard IPA
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Founders Red’s Rye IPA
Sweet aroma balance of yeast, hops, and mild caramel malt. Crisp taste of hops and malt in equal portions. Aftertaste is mostly one of caramel malt, but not overly sweet. Hop flavor comes in like a palate cleanser and sweeps most of the malt taste away.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Founders Unraveled IPA
Bright aroma of hops and a bit of yeast. Crisp flavor of hops, light malt, and a bit of yeast fill the palate full of flavors. Fades fairly quickly, then leaves just a lingering bitterness with a yeast complement in the background.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Beards Owlmadillo
Faint super sweet aroma. Slightly sharp bite of hops, followed by a clean malt taste. Aftertaste has some lingering hop bitterness and hint of caramel malt. Overall full flavored but minimal aftertaste.
4 out of 5 stars.
Principia Cuasar 3C 286
Faint hop sweetness aroma. Taste is strong with hop flavor, but soft mouthfeel. After initial taste, mouth fills with full hop flavors. Slightly cloying in the aftertaste. Had in Mexico City craft beer bar, from Mexican brewery.
4 out of 5 stars.
Nu Cali Northern Sky
Faint dark malt aroma and nice hop aroma. Taste is soft and smooth with a nice mellow hop taste and subdued black malt taste in the background. Goes down very smooth. Had in Mexico City craft beer bar, from Mexican brewery.
5 out of 5 stars.
Bell’s Light Hearted Ale
Sweet aroma. Nice crisp hop taste, has a notable “hollow-like taste” immediately after the initial hop taste, then a nice smooth malt taste slides in. Great flavor. Good hop taste, with nice clean malt balance.
5 out of 5 stars.
Bell’s Hopslam Jan-2020
Nice strong sweet hop aroma. Nice hop flavor that doesn’t have a harsh bite. Full hop flavor and maltiness, that gives way to a robust caramel malt flavor. This slowly fades and is replaced by a broad hop flavor that lingers.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Short’s Devil’s Lettuce
Dank hop aroma. Initial taste is hoppy in what I guess is “dank”. Not overly bitter, but lots of dank hop flavor that is quite intense. Not much aftertaste, which is impressive with as much hop flavor in the first taste. Quite flavorful. The ABV of 5.7% let’s you focus on the hop taste without being overwhelmed with maltiness.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Deschutes Lil’ Squeezy Juicy Ale
Strong sweet aroma. Taste is smooth with no real hop bite. Flavor comes through of some muted caramel malts, then leaves you with some residual hop flavors. Overall very easy drinking.
4 out of 5 stars.