Fistful Of Hops "Orange" (Summer 2015)
Sun King Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16oz can, sample from the brewery.

Good amount of suds on top, nearly clear amber hue. Juicy citrus, earthy, and exotic fruit hop nose. Very smooth with a bit of creamy malt body on the palate. Semi-pungent hop character throughout, deep citrus flavor. Bready malt base holds a firm balance but the hop forwardness is obviously the start of the show here. Keep these coming guys, great job.

Poured from a full proper pint-sized can (I love Sun King for that consistency.)

Pours a nice deep orange-hued amber color with a quickly dissipating fizzy finger of head that falls back to an off-white light lacing.

Smells sweetly of pine and citrus hop aromas, taste is mostly hop oil and a dry, lightly bitter finish.

Mouthfeel is thin with higher levels of carbonation, seems to make the bitterness a little more apparent than other similar beers.

A little more malt may balance this out some, but a solid AIPA offering. I would buy again and plan to seek out the other variants as they become available.

 

 

 

 

Almost amber in color, forms a nice pillowy head. Lacing is not overly impressive. Citrus aroma and pleasant hop bitterness. Not as balanced as I would expect given the color. However, a very enjoyable IPA.

 

Had on tap at the taproom. Looks much darker than a typical IPA, more of a copper color. I found the orange to be barely perceptible on the nose and taste. The finish is not too bitter. This is a fairly well balanced and enjoyable beer but doesn't really bring much interesting flavor. I will gladly have this again but won't seek it out.