Hop Test #1 (Comb Over Honey Wheat IPA)
Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to Tim for sharing this crowler, poured chilled in a tulip.

The color is light golden with sunny color and thick white head with lasting retention with thick lace and average bead. The smell is semi-high citrus and herbal from the hops with light floral quality and slight spice with mild malt aroma. The feel is very smooth bitterness-wise with mild citrus/herbal quality with light sweetness and gentle acidity with herbal resinous body and semi-dry bitter finish.

The taste is very good with light fruity and citrus flavor and subtle honey sweetness with gentle tangy herbal flavor with slight malt in the middle which is less sweet with a light vegetal element of herbal hops and light anise-type flavor from the honey with gentle grapefruit juicy and grassy hop flavors in the finish with light astringency. This is a good wheat based IPA with citrus hop flavor with good drinkability overall I would enjoy more than a pint of this - thanks tenderbranson69 for sharing!

 

 

 

Served on-tap at Al's of Hampden. Pours hazy golden yellow with a one and a half finger tall white head, quickly dissipating down to a light film, leaving thick webs of lace on the sides of the glass.

Smells of lots of bready wheat, citric and piney hops, some fresh grass, mild honey sweetness and some very faint pithy fruit rind. Taste is nearly identical with plenty of chewy wheat up front followed by the trio of hops and finally some sweetness from the honey. Finish is chewy with some light bitterness leaving the palate dried long after the finish.

Overall a decent wheat IPA. It pales in comparison to the other recent IPA offerings but it's still worth a try if you get a chance.