All Day IPA
Founders Brewing Company

 

 

It’s like an IPA Light.

Clear, golden color. Medium-sized, white head.Crispy , hoppy, refreshing, easy to drink. A lot of citrus and pine in the aroma. Gently bitterness in taste. Good.

 

All around easy drinking beer with a good flavor. Kind of lite for an IPA but decent. I think this is now one of their Flagship beers. 42 IBUs

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light, refreshing and balanced.

Pours a clear amber with a healthy looking head. Nose notes of orange, resin and tropical fruit. The flavor of this sipa is quite subdued in both the malt and hop characteristics. The mouthfeel is average. A decent beer for a warm summer day.

Appearance: Pours a completely clear, medium golden color with a strong white head. SRM of 7. (4.00)

Aroma: Strong aromas of resinous orange, tangerine, stonefruit, and pine. (4.00)

Flavor: Strong flavors of orange, tangerine, stonefruit ,and resinous pine notes. Caramel flavors, but clean and dry. (4.25)

Feel: Medium-bodied, strong carbonation. Finishes full, but dry. (4.25)

Overall: A session IPA that I haven't had in sometime and never have left a formal review on BeerAdvocate. It pours beautifully. Strong deep Midwest/American IPA aromas and flavors. Even the caramel malt body. Full-bodied, yet finishes dry and clean. This may be the best session IPA I've had and is truly a piece of work. At 4.7% this drinks better than half the American IPAs I have a double the ABV. Pleasantly impressed here. (Rating: 4.19)

 

Pours yellow-orange with a very slight haze. Smell is classic IPA but with more malt than I was expecting. Taste is quite mild - the malt is there but not as prominent as in the smell, and there's a compensating hop bitterness that keeps it under control. It tastes old-fashioned - what I'd have expected of an IPA ten years ago. While it pushes the nostalgia button, the craft has moved on. Competent, but not really what I'm looking for these days.

 

Review: 2158
Name: All Day IPA
Brewery: Founders Brewing
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Style: American IPA
ABV: 4.7%
Date: 06/27/2024
Continuing with the Founders beers I acquired, I opted for a session beer tonight. I used a pint glass and served it at 44 degrees. The pour created a frothy, creamy, one-fingered, bright white head with average retention. The slow dissipation left no lacing on the glass. The color of the beer charts at SRM 10 is pale amber and has brilliant clarity. The appearance of the beer is slightly above average.
Nosing the glass, I smell hops consisting of grapefruit, floral esters, white pepper, oranges, resin, and light tropical notes. The malt profile is toasty with notes of caramel, bread crust, doughy biscuit, and malty sweetness. Other aromas I smell are earthy, grass, and a light, yeasty phenol.
I was anticipating this extensive hop profile with a sturdy backbone. The hop was thin, with grapefruit, orange, pine, and herbal flavors. The malt backbone was also thin, consisting of caramel, doughy biscuits, crackers, and toasted bread crust. Other flavors are earthy, grassy, and light band-aid notes.
The mouthfeel is slightly astringent and finishes dry. The body is thin and has medium carbonation.
This is a session IPA that suits that title. I call it a camping beer or yardwork beer. The hops are a tad muted for me, and the overall beer is a bit watery. Nonetheless, this beer is crushable, and I would prefer it over a BMC any day.

Classic IPA but many have surpassed since. Has a slight sweetness aftertaste sometimes of a red ale and too malty at times. But when or where there are limited IPA options, it's a safe choice.