Highboy - Strata
Independence Brewing Co.

 

Look: honey orange
Smell: orange, mango,
Taste: juicy orange/mango, nice rind hop flavor, pleasant malt on the end
Feel: nice medium-full body
Overall: really really pleeasant. A fuller bodies hazy IPA, very impressed

Well this went from buying one can as a sample to having 13 of them before I even tried it bc my gf went a little nuts buying beer one day. So I sure hope it's good.

So how'd it go?

Ginormous! Fantabulous! Stupendous!

First off, it's independence. I've yet to have a bad beer by them. But truth be told, I've only had one beer from any craft brewery in years that was bad. Everybody's making good stuff these days.

But I find this one to be impressive on its own. There's a deluge of hops assaulting you with every sip. They seem to give it a thicker feel and even permeate your sinuses with tingling hoppy goodness. All on a solid malt base that has plenty of residual long chain sugars for body and a sweet feel.

A bit like a typical hazy IPA, beefed up.

Between me and my often beer crazed gf we give it two thumbs up.