High Desert
Roosters Brewing Co. - Ogden

 

Pours a cloudy golden honey with a finger of foamy head that slowly settles to a thin cap with strata of lacing. Aroma of citrus and mango. Taste follows nose.

 

 

Pours a pale yellow color with a light fog to the transparency. Head is a finger of white foam. Aroma is tropical, very light, forward, and delicate. Clove at close. Mild, with a plush finish. Flavor profile is tropical fruits throughout. Nice soft sweetness to it, that's never over-compelling or over-compensating. Little lemon zest at the end. In total - mild. Mouth feel is plush with spacious bubbles. Thickness is medium. Overall, tropical fruits are good with a soft sweetness throughout. Very mild and timid.

Draft. Reviewed from notes.

12 oz can, canned 11/18/21. Pours hazy copper orange with a medium creamy off white head that retains well and laces the glass.

The aroma is sweet worty wheat malts and fruit.

The flavor is a bit subdued - sweet grainy malt with some worty fruit and a decent grassy bitterness. The mouthfeel is light bodied with low carbonation and a bit watery.

Overall, a bit flawed but drinkable.

 

slightly deeper in color than is common for these, and with a little less head and carbonation than i was hoping to see from the tap. its also not overly hazy, which i have no problem with at all, but seems to still have the textural density, a little curious and overly malty looking for the style. the aroma is a tad flat, off from fully fresh and bright, weighted down by some sweeter richer caramel maltiness and some residual yeast character. the hops are nice, but somewhat low dose for the style, especially on the dry hop it seems, tame as they go, subtle orange and peach fruitiness to them and a little weedy botanical thing, some oiliness in the feel, but there is quite a bit more from the grain than would really allow the hops to shine, the proportions are just a little off. combine that with the fact that the fermentation isnt quite as clean as it could be, meaning it has a little more work do do on the remaining sweetness and there is a bit more flavor from it than i need, and you have a hazy ipa that leaves a little bit to be desired. more bubbles would certainly help, and toning back the heavier malts would expose the hop profile better, which is where this is lacking for me. overall this tastes more like a work in progress than a completely dialed in brew, but it was great to see so much new innovation on their beer list when we were in this weekend, tons of beers from them i had never seen before, this one just needs some tweaks...