Brut IPA
4 Hands Brewing Co.

 

 

 

 

Pours super effervescent & a slightly hazed gold with with a pinky of pearl colored head. Very nice lacing & below average head retention

S: Grassy, some citrus, fades a touch when warm

T: White grapes, oranges, grassyness & dryness, & a touch of green melon up front. Green melon, bready dryness, lemon and grassyness as this warms. Finishes dry with green melon, a touch of green apple & just a little nectarine

MF: Medium body, lively carbonation, great balance

Drinks easy, one the better Brut IPAs I've tried

 

 

 

It seems like everyone makes a Brut IPA recently. This one is ligtly hazy, with a characteristic, musty hopspy, scent. Super hoppy. The taste is dry, very bitter. Underneath, there is a soft and full malt note. Nice body.

 

 

 

 

 

Straw yellow in color with a light haziness. There’s a fingernail of eggshell white on top. Light lacing. I smell tropical fruit cocktail with notes of pear and pineapple. I’m tasting pineapple, pear, and melon. The mouth is dry and moderately carbonated.

 

Pours a bright straw color with a tinge of fog and haze to it. Head is white in color and two fingers in height after a moderate turned aggressive pour. Aroma is pineapple, peach, orange, and tropical fruits. It has a lovely dry crispness to it that cuts the aroma short, pulling the nose in for another whiff. Flavor profile is orange peel, lemon zest, lemon grass, mango, and spicy hops. It has a light dryness although the tropical fruit notes linger for a long while. Biscuit malts form a dense backdrop, and boosting this beer from thin to medium-thick. Mouth feel has a light crispness with a firm, but delicate crispness. It's medium in consistency. Overall, a flavorful brut IPA that is more on the mellow side of the light to harsh dryness scale.

Served in a 12oz snifter from a 22oz bottle.

22oz bottle. Poured out a slightly cloudy, golden orange color with a small, white head of foam. It smelled fruity with citrus and sweet caramel. Dry and refreshing with sweet citrus and caramel.

is this the new thing? this was good so whatever. 22oz bomber into my hop shop glass, this looked more like a lager. clear yellow with a huge bright white head, looked like dish water without the food chunks. straight soap. smelled like an ipa with that citrusy bitterness, lots of earthy and grassy notes and a bit of funkiness to it. taste had something real funky at first but smoothed out into a solid ipa, again lot of grassy notes here in my opinion. pretty damn tasty. dry as hell, lingering bit of bitterness and makes you take another sip. 22oz gone in the time it took me to make a tuna melt. i'll buy another.