Solid Sounds IPA
Yellowhammer Brewing

 

Not every day (or year, or decade) that I do a review of a beer from Alabama, but let's do this, ROLL TIDE!! (Damn that "High Tide" commercial is high-larious).

Pours a hazy style, cloudy, average haze, that color between yellow, orange and beige. It ain't canary/Marquette/goldenrod yellow, its that dullard yellow. Speaking of which, poured into a Marquette 2017 jersey pint glass (100th anniversary series). Does make a nice 3/4" white head with good retention. The aroma seems more traditional C hop a tad more than proprietary. Grapefruit rind and pine, you know the drill.

The taste keeps hitting the pine and grapefruit buttons. The mouthfeel has a higher degree of bitterness and given what seems like the hops and their flavors, it all makes sense. If I were to guess, the light pineapple edge might be Galaxy or El Dorado, I dunno take your pick, Centennial, Chinook or Cascade, some combo of these hops. Moderate wheat and oat usage.

I think I scored this can from the now defunct Sparks location Pinon bottle shop. Sucks, that was a cool pregame location for the Nugget outdoor concert venue.

 

Too florally and dry for my liking.