Lot #3 IPA
Evolution Craft Brewing Company

Appearance:  On draft into a pint glass in Northern Virginia. Somewhere between dark gold and light amber. Mostly clear. The foam went away quickly but left a good ring and lacing.

Aroma:  Mostly pine with a little citrus.

Taste:  Hop bitterness dominates the malt sweetness, but both are easily noticeable. Floral. Some hidden citrus peel.

Feel:  Perfect carbonation. Medium body.

Overall:  Excellent balance. This beer excels without trying to brag. But it also lacks slightly in complexity. If you think ambers are malt-heavy and mainstream IPAs are too bitter or tropical, you'll love this.

Ooooweeee! This is one's a real toe-curler, letting the hops do allll the talking. Malt forward? How can you tell when the bitterness stings your tongue numb? But that's what makes this a great restaurant beer, setting up your tastebuds for the sweet/savory goodness of barbecue ribs and the aforementioned jerk chicken. Also pairs well with Delmarva Shorebirds baseball. Catch a game when in Salisbury in the summer. Let's go O's!

On tap at Hooked Up Ale House and Raw Bar, Millville, DE
Had heard good things about this brew, so was happy to see it on tap.
Arrived with very thin layer of foam head.darker straw/gold hue. Not much on aroma, overall pleasant, but no hints of dry hopping. Taste follows nose, with really nothing going on. Old school WC IPA, with hints of pine, but def malt forward.
Moderate Carbonation.
Overall, good, but really nothing special. Will look for a fresh single can to compare, in case it was an old keg or crappy beer lines, but as it was here today, it's nothing I would order again.

 

Copper colored with a think half inch dense head. Pine and cotrus aromas which match the taste. Nice malt backbone. Smooth with some coating of the tongue.
Very west coast IPA.

RB transfer

 

On tap at Baltimore Street Grill in Cumberland, MD.

Aroma apricot and tropical. Very bright in the taste. Nice dry grapefruit lingering finish.

Opaque deep straw look. Very nice solid IPA!!!

Lot #3 I.P.A. has a thick, off-white head and a slightly-hazy, orange-gold appearance, with heavy lacing. The aroma is of white bread and hop resin. It has a similar flavor, with strong bitterness and low sweetness. Lot #3 I.P.A. has a medium body and a dry finish.

RJT

On draft, hazy amber gold color, the head retention is strongest I’ve seen in a while. Abundant lacing as well, very heavy to say the least.
Fragrance and flavor are very enjoyable, mild malt sweetness and bitterness well balanced. Citrus and pine flavors are fairly mild as well.
The finish is very nice, it’s rare to see heavy lacing all the way to the bottom of the glass. A full bodied IPA

 

 

This is one of the best IPA's I've drunk ever. Very fresh flavor, biting hops aftertaste, balanced malt, small bubble carbonation, good lacing. The outstanding rating is deserved. It approaches world class. I cannot believe I paid only $11 for a six pack at a beer store that is not know for good prices.

 

From a pub glass. A bit hazy. Golden amber color. A good bitterness which lingers. A floral start to the taste. A good one, along the WCIPA taste.

draught
Fairly thin, alabaster head. Translucent, medium orange with a little dark gold highlight, for the look. Robust, resin like pine and mixed citrus peel and candied, medium dark toasted malt, for the aroma. Heady, really malty, of the medium dark toasted sort, orange and a little lemon and grapefruit peel taste. A good, slightly pine tinged, mixed citrus peel finish.

 

On draft with a superb fish dinner.