All The Cool Kids Are Doing It
Wilmington Brewing Company

 

 

Appearance - Pours bright hazy yellow with nice soapy white head. Spotty lacing around the glass.

Aroma - Lots of sweet overly ripe tropical fruit pineapple, mango and papaya. Very light bitter citrus peel.

Taste - Big splash of topical fruit up front pineapple and mango mostly but quickly fades away. Light bitter hop and grapefruit finish.

Feel - Medium bodied but pretty thin body. light dry finish.

Overall - Nose is pretty promising nice tropical flavor that fades a little too quick, little too thin as well.

 

 

A: Pours a slightly hazy medium golden yellow in color with moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising from the bottom of the glass and light to moderate medium yellow colored highlights. The beer has a two finger tall foamy light beige head that reduces to a couple of small to medium sized patch of medium thick film surrounded by a large patch of thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate to significant amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Slightly stronger than moderate aromas of citrus/grapefruit zest, tropical/pineapple, tropical/passionfruit, and tropical/melon hops over the top of light to moderate aromas of slightly sweet biscuit malts.

T: Upfront there are moderate flavors of biscuit malts with a light to moderate amount of grainy sweetness. That is followed by slightly stronger than moderate flavors of slightly juicy citrus/grapefruit zest, tropical/pineapple, tropical/passionfruit, and tropical/melon hops which impart a hint of bitterness which fades away quickly leaving a light to moderate juicy hop presence lingering.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Crisp upfront with a hint of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink and refreshing, sessionable. Alcohol is well hidden and I feel like I could crush these all day at the beach.

 

I am an outlier on this one. I did not enjoy it. I cannot classify as a NE IPA. I got more of a saison aroma and taste. The taste was inconsistent from sip to sip. Sometimes like a sweat sock sometimes like a mildly bitter thin session IPA. Will not be revisiting.

 

Can stamped 06.06.17

Hazy gold with a low creamy head that shrinks to a soapy layer. Fruity Citra hop nose: muddled tropical notes and light hoppy oils over some warm biscuits. Pineapple, passion fruit, grapefruit zest, and melon flavors - mostly fruity sweetness with not much in the way of malt or dankness. Medium-light, tingly refreshing carbonation mixing with a minor bitterness. Pretty good...a little "one note" with the Citra fruitiness for my tastes.