Offering #28: WIPA
St. Boniface Craft Brewing Company

 

 

-on tap brewery.

A: Pale orange, lemony colored with a dense nature, Bready textured head of 0.5 inches is off white and moderately lasting. Softly carbonated with a decent amount of lace coverage upon descent.

S: Tropical hops first burst on the scene, with some pineapple-orange and mango influence. Fresh, moderate levels of awareness, fruity with a sweet citrus-mango twang.

T: Wheaty lemony-orange, creamy tropical hops, bright orange-pineapple with a nice level of flavor. Mid-range bitterness with some tart citrus flower hop bitterness coming on the close. Light remains of piney hops rounds things out.

M: Light mouthful, softly carbonated, lightly creamy from the wheat, soft.

O: A dry tropical hop bittering with sweet flashes makes for a nice summer time quencher. Low abv helps as well as flavor forward appeal of hops drinkability wise.

I tried this on tap at Union Beer house in Lebanon, served in a tulip glass.

The color is a hazed golden with pale white shade of head with fine bead and good retention. The smell is pine-like from hops with a slight tropical fruit accent. The feel is very good with moderately light body yet moderately carbonated with a nice balance of bitterness and sweetness with light alcohol in the mostly dry finish with low astringency.

The taste is good with nice hop flavors up front which are more herbal and pine than citrus yet there is a subtle tropical citrus pith taste that hints at American high alpha hops with a light malt backing and mostly dry finish with some lingering hop bitterness. This is a solid IPA, nice use of hops with enough bitterness to be enjoyable without going overboard. It has a refreshing quality considering the low abv