NE Style IPA
Notch Brewing

This pours a slightly hazy golden orange color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells slightly malty, but not overly so, with citrus, grapefruit, and pine.

This is definitely one of the better NA beers you’ll find out there. It’s got a touch of sort of wort-ish maltiness, but a really nice hop character – juicy, citrusy, and with a dry bitterness on the back end.

This is dry, bitter, but juicy and crisp also, with a good drinkability.

I might be able to be fooled into thinking this is a normal beer.

From a 12 oz can stamped 1083. Sampled Nov 10, 2023.

The appearance is a moderately hazy golden color under a full white head.

I pick up tropical and tobacco hopped aromas right away along with a lower profile grainy note.

Medium mouthfeel.

The taste is sweet, grainy, and tropical but the bitterness doesn't linger long. Clean. Crisp.

Canned 2021/12/20
Pours a nice pillowy frothy 1 finger head with moderate retention, nice soapy lacing, hazy golden pilsner color with sediment

Nose grainy straw, malt, light grassy floral hop, hint of citrus and grapefruit, but very light overall

Taste doughy light malt, almost like malt beverage watered down, straw, soggy white bread, light hops with a little floral herbal character and touch of citrus, lighter to almost med bitterness late

Mouth is very light and watery, med carb

Overall meh, it's not terrible there's just really like nothing there, so at least not offensive, but if I want a semi beer substitute this doesn't come close, it's basically a little malt soaked in water with hops waved over the top, having htis after Sam Adams Just the Haze was a mistake.