You've Got a Friend In IPA | Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing

3.73/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

3.04/5  rDev -21.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3

3.9/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

4.24/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

3.94/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

3.97/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

3.81/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Thanks @jzeilinger for solid tropical yet slightly bitter IPA. Mouthfeel is about medium, plenty of life, not dry, and drinks very easy at 7.5%. Nice beer.

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4.25/5  rDev +9.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

3.78/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

4.01/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

A - Pours a semi-pale lemon yellow and looks more like a Pils than an IPA. Nice moderately thick bright white lacing ring and steady carbonation.

S - Lemon and sticky tropical fruit aroma.

T - Light tropical fruit, delicate lemon rind comes out, bright citrus, some earthiness, and ends with a peppery citrus spiciness. This beer is an interesting one, it strikes me as a Pils / IPA hybrid and shows qualities of both beers.

M - Thick mouthfeel for such a pale IPA, pleasant finish with some tropical fruit tang.

O - I could see myself crushing a few of these during the Summer months. An easy drinker and at $39.99 for a case of quality craft it's a great deal.

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3.83/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

4.22/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Canned 7/2/18

Look- crystal clear pale golden, almost like a pilsner; 1 finger white head that fades a way to a ring around the edge of the glass; spotty lacing

Aroma- dank weed and grapefruit are predominant but I'm also picking up some hints of peaches, green grapes and tangerine

Taste- peaches and pineapples, dank weed, green grapes, a little grapefruit pith bitterness and subtle bready malt under that

Feel- light bodied and medium carb; nice dry and slightly bitter finish; really refreshing

Overall- surprisingly light and refreshing IPA despite the ABV (7.5%) with nice fruity and dank hop notes, moderate bitterness and a light malty backbone for balance.

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