India Pale Lager
Upslope Brewing Company - Lee Hill

 

 

 

19.2 ounce can. Best by December 7th on the bottom lip of the can. It pours a bright and clear pale gold with an abundance of foam and lacing.

It smells like a dry hopped beer, notes of pine and grass. Malt comes across as sweet but also crackery.

Tastes of pine, grass, cracker malt, again, reminds me of many dry hopped ales though more in the smell than the taste.

Firm medium bodied with lightish carbonation. This is good.

 

Beautiful, deep gold body; fairly thick, sticky, white head; rings and globs of foam adhering to the glass. Very nice pine needle and spice aroma. Fairly bitter flavor riding atop a toasty, cereal grain base. Medium-heavy body; crisp and slightly prickly on the palate.

A decent hopped lager delivering robust hop bitterness and intriguing hop aroma. It is not quite as smooth on the palate as one would expect for a lager. Still, it is very flavorful and has interesting qualities worth exploring.