Hop Grove
South Street Brewery

Had on draft at the far canary.

Look is a lighter amber.

aroma is a sweet malt and a more floral hop.

Taste is a nice balance between floral hop and malt. Definitely doesn't drink like a DIPA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poured from a bottle to a shaker glass. Color is dark yellow to brown with a white head about a finger thick. Smell is fruity, heavily citrus and mango. Flavor is a little bread at first, undercurrent of bitterness, turning to grapefruit and finishing with lemon. Cleanly finishes away, no real lingering. Body is medium with a little bit of carbonation. Overall a pleasant beer and nice representation of a tropical IPA.

A: Somewhere between copper and brown... somewhat hazy, with a light tan head.

S: Orange peel, grapefruit juice, and a touch of lemon. I don't get a lot of the mango or pineapple juice, but I can imagine the pineapple if I try.

T: There's the fruit juice.. pineapple juice, grapefruit, lemon peel. Some odd bitterness, and I'm not a big fan of what the juice is doing. I think a better flavor can be had with hop additions, and the juice detracts from the beer for me.

M: Medium body, carbonation is lacking a little, and it is tending towards a little syrupy, although there is a slight bitter cling in the finish.

O: The beer is good, but I can tell I'm drinking juice and it doesn't really capture the essence of the fruit for me, as much as hops can. Odd I know, but it's the same difference between fresh pineapple, and pineapple juice.. very far from each other.