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
Category Archives: IPA
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.
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.
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.
Bell’s Song of Myself
Fresh smell of slightly fruity hops. Taste is clean and crisp with hop flavor not overly bitter or sweet. Can taste slightly sweet, drying yeast flavor. Finishes very dry with a mild malt sweetness and hop bitterness lingering in the background.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Ground Effect Felton’s Fancy Double IPA
Bright fruity hop aroma. Sweet taste that seems full of coriander. No hop bitterness, no lingering hop taste. Very dry at the end. Tastes like it was fermented with Belgian yeast (not a fan myself).
3.5 out of 5 stars.
Short’s Psychedelic Cat Grass
Sweet aroma of fresh hops. Slight hop bite that’s quickly followed by a mouthful of great floral/fruity hops. Very little aftertaste other than a lingering hop bitterness in the background and clean malt sweetness in the foreground.
4.5 out of 5 stars.