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Short’s Freedom of ’78

Packaged 4/26/2023, tasted on 5/26/2023.

Fresh aroma of flowery hops and smooth caramel malts. Flavor of hop bitterness is quickly squashed by a full-palate fruit flavor, that finishes slightly thick and sticky with some dry hop flavor lingering in the background. Your mouth recognizes it just had a full flavored beer, but there’s surprisingly little to no heaviness left in the mouth.

4.5 out of 5 stars.

Dark Horse Smells Like a Safety Meeting

It’s been years since I had this.  I haven’t seen much from Dark Horse since they were bought by Roak, so I was excited to see a throwback.  This was canned on 03/25/23, drank on 04/29/23.

Aroma has faint caramel malts with some sticky hop aroma. Taste starts clean with a slightly sharp hop bite, then slowly builds a thick hop bitterness mixed with some caramel malts. Finally finishes clean as all the flavors somehow disappear.

If you’re in the mood for a caramel-y IPA, this hits the spot.

4.5 out of 5 stars.