Session IPA. Sweet hop aroma. Slightly sweet hop flavor. Hop flavor overall is subdued. Slight malt flavor in aftertaste. Hops just a bit too harsh.
4 out of 5 stars.
Category Archives: Session IPA
Rogue 4 Hop IPA
Sweet aroma, almost like citronella. Very tart taste with an immediate rush of malt flavor. This then gives way to a nice fresh juicy hop flavor that’s not bitter at all. Very nice and drinkable. Amazing flavors for a 4.4% ABV beer. It doesn’t taste watered down or lacking at all.
5 out of 5 stars.
Sam Adams Rebel Rider IPA
Full of flowery hop aroma. Sharp hop sweetness with a moderate hop aftertaste that lingers. Can taste a slight watered-down flavor in the aftertaste. Overall, didn’t really care for the spicy hop flavor.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Stone Go to IPA
Sharp hop aroma. Very hoppy full flavor hop bite. Fades out with a bit of a mild malt flavor with some hop aftertaste.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Rivertown Lil Sipa
Slight sweet aroma. Refreshing crisp taste with a hoppy, dry aftertaste.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Griffin Claw Gateway IPA
Slightly sweet, slightly harsh aroma. Taste has sharp bite of hops bitterness that quickly gets watered down, then replaced with a subtle swelling of hop aftertaste. Refreshing, but quite dynamic for a session IPA.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Short’s Stroker Ace
Fresh, fruity smell of malt and hops. Taste has a hop bite followed by malt smoothness. Full flavored for a session beer.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
North Peak Wanderer
Harsh sweet smell with a bite. Very nice malty taste with very little hops taste. Very full of flavor for a low alcohol beer, though. Slightly hoppy aftertaste with a malt undertone.
Bottled on 10/30/13, drank on 1/17/14, 2.5 months old.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Lagunitas DayTime
Nice fresh, slightly sweet hop smell. Full crisp hop sweetness that fades out and just leaves the slight sweetness. In the end you can almost taste the battle waging between a mild hop taste and a clean water taste. Not in a watered down light beer way, but you can tell it’s a lower alcohol version.
4 out of 5 Stars.
