It’s Your Day
Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company

2023-04-21
16oz can served in a big snifter. Can is dated nowhere that I can see. Got it from @ozzylizard in NBS BIF #17.

Pours a hazy amber-orange, after settling there's a small ring and a light dusting with a couple little clumps. Heavy hazy, but not an opaque murk. Smell is biscuit malty with a pine bitter, kind of mild in terms of intensity, though it smells nice. Something in it reminds me of cotton candy.

Taste has a ghost of that cotton candy note, but leans way further into the pine and grapefruit rind. Biscuit/malty sweetness is definitely noticeable and makes a nice counterpoint to the bitterness. Start to get a lot more citrus rind as I keep sipping.

Mouthfeel is medium headed toward thick. Overall, very pleasing beer. Not traditional WC IPA, not archetypical NE IPA. Some kind of hybrid between the two, if you ask me.

It's the time of day to empty a pint can of this into a clear glass Imperial pint mug. A lovely pour it is. The beer is beautifully bright, light copper in color, on the translucent side and carries a modest and enduring off-white head. Only mildly aromatic, what it gives the nose is just the pure basics of an IPA. There's some hops, yeast, malt and a hint of alcohol, all in great balance. It tastes dryly hoppy, hoppier than it smells. But it's not too bitter, just enough for the style and its body. Cleanly dry, this is one to be appreciated in an age of hazed beers with muddled tastes. With only a modest malt presence, the moderate taste of alcohol is a pleasant inclusion. Although it drinks smoothly, its primary fault is the relatively thin body. But that also makes it go down very easily and that might not be a good thing after a few. Overall, this is a very nice offering that only costs two-thirds the price of beers that don't even deliver this much.