Sweet aroma. Sharp hop bite of sweetness. Followed by a full flavor of hops and malts that’s replaced by a lingering hop sweetness.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Category Archives: IPA
Dark Horse Smells Like a Safety Meeting
Slightly sweet hop aroma. Fresh flavor bite with some harshness. Leaves the mouth with a crisp flavor with hoppy hints around the edges. Further drinks have much more floral hop aroma, as it warms slightly. Bottled on 5/13/2014, drank on 5/28/2014, so it’s very fresh.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Petoskey Mind’s Eye PA
No real aroma. Taste is a slightly sharp bite of malt and hops. Very malt forward with an accompaniment of hops rather than the other way around. Slight lingering of hops as aftertaste.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Hitachino Nest Dai Dai
Faint sweet aroma. Slightly sharp bite that also has a fruitiness to it. Finishes very cleanly with a faint fruit sweetness that fades out slowly. Can definitely taste the orange peel.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Sam Adams Rebel IPA
Sweet aroma of fresh hops, slightly sweet malt. Clean crisp taste with a clear hop rawness. Finishes fairly clean with a lingering pleasant hop flavor.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Smuttynose Finestkind IPA
Full sweet hop & malt aroma. Sharp bite of hops with a malt sharpness as well. Leaves you with a moderately sweet malt flavor. Best by 6/23/14, drank on 2/7/14.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Bell’s Two Hearted- Cask
On cask. 100% centennial hops. Thick, sweet aroma. Starts in clean with a slight hop flavor. Finishes with a bit of maltiness, and a tiny hint of hops.
5 out of 5 Stars.
Griffin Claw Norm’s Raggedy Ass IPA- Cask
On cask. Clean hop sweet aroma. Clean taste of malt with slight hop sweetness, but not with a bite. A bit of hop aftertaste, but on cask makes this a very smooth hop delivery.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Founders Centennial IPA
Strong sweet hop aroma. Nice full flavored hoppiness that’s balanced very well by a strong malt backbone. Leaves you with a mostly malt taste but mixed with a strong hop presence at the same time.
Bottled 11/05/13, bought & drank on 1/3/2014, about 2 months old.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Arbor Brewing Sacred Cow IPA
Faint hop smell. Sweet flavor, not much hop taste except in aftertaste. Cask ale on tap at the brewery.
4 out of 5 Stars.
