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Skookum Brewery

I had this beer on-tap in a pint glass at Collins Pub in Seattle.

Appearance: light golden hue a good haze and a thin layer of white foam leaving a nice lace on the glass. I like it.

Smell: fresh hop aroma with a rather dank character. Not complex, but solid.

Taste: sweetish with a good dose of citrusy and dank hops. Bitterness is quite high, so overall the beer is balanced. I dig it.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a good level of carbonation and creaminess.

Overall: I rather like this beer. It's a bit more bitter than its hazy brethren, but I think it really works.

Growler fill from last drop, served in a can glass. Beer is a brilliant, bright golden color, extremely cloudy, with medium large head. I absolutely expect NE IPA from this. Yep, aroma is juicy, with mango and passionfruit. Oh yes, the flavor here is super low in bitterness, just (again) juicy: pineapple, white grape, orange, and punch. But it's pretty mild, actually. They definitely used oats in this, underneath the carbonation there's a real weighty smoothness on the tongue. I like this, but mostly I'm impressed with this take on a NE IPA, but I'm not blown away by the beer itself.

Description from the brewery's news feed: "a saucy ipa brewed with oats and wheat and hopped inappropriately with enigma, summer, mosaic and chinook hops. Ripe berries, spring flowers, grapefruit and lychee greet you on the nose and a flavor explosion follows. "