Faint sweet hop aroma. Sharp bite of hops that gets filled in by a chorus of hop flavor that wants away the bitterness and leaves with a nice mild hop sweetness. Refreshing and flavorful, bright.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Category Archives: IPA
Stone Enjoy by 12.25.17
Great aromas like sniffing a bag of hops. You can even get the aroma while holding the glass a good 6-8 inches from your nose. Phenomenal. Nice sweet hop bite that’s very flavorful and not bitter. A good chunk of caramel malt sweetness rushes in for attention, but generally gets pummeled back by hops flavor. Notable, but not overpowering hop flavor in the aftertaste that lingers a long time. Great beer, but I don’t think my taste buds could handle the onslaught of more than one.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Victory Hop Devil IPA
Sweet aroma, a bit of strong caramel malt smell. Full flavor, not an all out hop attack like you’d expect based on the name / label. Good balance of hop and malt, with the malt taking a slightly more prominent role. Aftertaste is mainly malt forward, with hints of bitter hops in background that gives way to caramel malt lingering. Left with a slightly harsh impression overall.
3.5 out of 5 stars.
Collective Arts State of Mind
No aroma. Very tart taste, puckers the tastebuds. Very citrusy, immediately cleans the palate. Lingers with a bit of hop harshness.
3.5 out of 5 stars.
Revolution Mosaic-Hero
Faint delicate hop sweet aroma. Taste is sharp and full of malt and hops flavor. Strong flavor tapers quickly and leaves some caramel malt flavor and slightly bitter hop flavor.
4 out of 5 stars.
Dark Horse Smells Like a Citra Safety Meeting
Bright sweet hop aroma. Strongish caramel malt bite, followed by hop flavor and a mind hop and caramel malt aftertaste.
4 out of 5 stars.
Rochester Mills Juice Bigalow
Nice full sweet aroma. Full flavored juicy sweet hop flavor that immediately transitions to smooth grain taste. Very nice smooth taste with nice grain, hop, and yeast. Far better than anything I’ve ever had from Rochester Mills.
5 out of 5 stars.
Sierra Nevada Estate Homegrown IPA 2016
Drank on 8/15/2017. Nice full sweet aroma, not overbearing. Can clearly taste a clean but complex hop character. Moderate malt sweetness, followed by a slightly dry yeast flavor. Nice almost fruit like flavor.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Epic Brewing Citralush
Full sweet hop aroma, full hop flavor followed with a nice smooth malt flavor. Really nice.
4.5 out of 5 stars
Collective Arts Ransack the Universe
Nice sweet hop aroma. Full flavor of hops with a great taste of hops and yeast sweetness. Slightly mild malt taste at end, but overall hop flavor. Can really taste the Galaxy and Mosaic hops.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
