Superior Trail IPA
Fitger's Brewhouse

16oz can. No dating information found, but this can has some age on it.
Cloudy, deep gold colored body. Two fingers of white head persists as a thin cap and high ring. Lacing splotches left behind.
Aroma of orange, lemon, and apricot.
Taste survives to include orange, lemon, honey malt, grass, and slight pine. Detectable oxidation but not spoilage.
Heavier mouthfeel. Coats the mouth but dry. Very good carbonation.
Has aged well. Wets the mouth but dries quickly.

 

Appearance: Pours a deep, rich, mostly clear orange color with a bubbly, cream-white head. SRM of 11. (4.00)

Aroma: HUGE aromas of tropical fruit, but not in the traditional sense. Mostly sweet MANGO, strawberry, and some pineapple. Then some dried apricot, orange, tangerine. Then there's just a hint of lemon/banana laffy taffy possibly. More mango. (4.25)

Flavor: Slightly less complex than the nose. More sweet mango and strawberry. Sweeter and less dank. Some pineapple and generic tropical fruit. The flavor here is also tropical. It's different than most beers. Orange, pineapple, mango, guava, passionfruit. Not dank or resiny though. Stays light and tropical without too much of a citrus flare which is unusual. Finishes slightly sweet. Mild bitterness. (3.75)

Feel: Medium-bodied. Sort of thick and flat. Thick enough to not be watery though. Similar to orange juice in the body. Leaves a tropical candied sweetness on the palate. (3.50)

Overall: A very good and subtly unique IPA with sweet mango and pineapple. They described it accurately. Leans sweeter. Lots of mango flavor, yet not dank and resinous. Stays light enough to stay true to mango, but not citrusy nor piney. Could use some more bitterness and carbonation. I like the unique tropical flavors quite well and give this one a good review. Lots of sweet mango. (Final Rating: 3.86)

 

 

 

 

This is a really solid american IPA. Really good color and smell. Not overly bitter and has a good hoppy floral taste. Would definitely buy this one again and a Minnesota brewery!

Pours a foggy amber color, eggshell head, lots of lacing.
Citrus rind and grapefruit aroma. Taste follows the smell,, nice body and catbonation. A very well made, straight forward IPA.

 

 

 

Good old-fashioned IPA with enough bitterness to give you hops after-burn. I miss this style of IPA, and am glad to see these cans at my liquor store.

L: amber gold with a light haze under a massive 3" light cream colored blanket of foam with good retention

S: has a citrus, tropical fruit, resin and grassy smell

T: starts mildly sweet with citrus, berry, and tropical fruit flavors. A big bitterness takes over mid-palate and a solid bread crumb and biscuit malt backbone reveals itself

F: body is medium plus and the carbonation is medium minus

O: a drinkable beer with a lot of flavor