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Had this on 2025-01-07 near Pittsburgh, PA from a 12oz can best buy 2025-01-29

L - Moderately-hazy gold with a 1/2-finger white head and mild lace

S - Tangerine, pine, mildly grassy, faint malt.

T - Echoes the aroma only stronger. Sweet tangerine flesh, pine, bread crust, honeysuckle, moderately bitter finish. Well balanced. Not dank at all.

F - Light-medium body and medium carbonation and mildly dry. Refreshing.

O - This is an easy-to-drink West Coast IPA with light malt and a very pleasant sweet citrus flavor right through the finish. As easy to drink as a Bell's Two Hearted IPA.

Can pour - opaque apricot colored juice with white head leaving requisite lacing. Nose is citrusy and tropical with hints of herbal earthy pine. Taste follows more or less. A bit of sweet malt and citrus linger on the finish.

Seems like the company is figured out how to do a really good IPA and just do variations of it pretty cool all of them are great this one as well

 

 

 

 

Drinking this straight out of the bottle. Surprisingly smooth, easy drinking.

Taste reminds me of: pine, citrus rind, tropical fruit, and hints that almost remind me of something like salted black licorice? I like this.

 

 

Pours a lovely apricot with a full, foamy white head. Carbonation is steady and pleasing to the eye. A solid start.

Aroma is of big yellow fruits -- apple, mango, pear -- with a notable pinesap and yes, "herbal," overlay. Great depth and texture here. Not in your face, but nice and mellow.

Taste falls slightly short of the nose; some of the juiciness and depth is lost, and the overall effect is dulled. There is also a very interesting Knox gelatin impression that pervades the flavor (slightly muddied, rich), and, as discussed below, the texture. I'd actually like a bit more caramel malt presence and underlying sweetness here, but I know that's no longer the style.

Mouthfeel is surprisingly thick, given the fairly vigorous carbonation. The alcohol catches up here as well, leaving a bit of a solvent character on the tongue.

Overall, this is a solid IPA, and a nice change-up from the much thinner, hop-forward style prevalent on the West Coast. Not sure I'll be investing in another six pack, but glad I bought this one.

 

Overall an excellent yet fairly standard IPA. Head is decently thick and laces very nicely. The bottom (in a pint glass) has a lighter color to showcase the slight unfiltered quality. The nose contains a sharp hoppy nose. Mosaic and Citra hops are obvious at the front of the mouth and stay in the mouth throughout a sip. Not overly dry or juicy in either direction. Goes down smooth with the perfect amount of carbonation. Alpine Beer Company has done it yet again.

 

 

12oz can poured into a tulip
No canned on date

A- pours a clear golden color with a one-finger foamy white head that has good retention after the pour

S- citrus hop aromas of tangerine, along with some light tropical notes of mango and melon. Equal parts bready malt in the background

T- ripe citrus notes of grapefruit zest and orange pith, followed by some mango and guava notes. Bready malt undertones balance it out, the finish gives more citrus and malt

M- medium body with moderate carbonation leads to a creamy mouthfeel that continues into the finish

O- a balanced west coast ipa with great drinkability

 

12 oz. bottle poured into a willibecher.

A- Dark gold, bit of haze. Head fairly dense and off-white in color.
S- Citra, tropical, resinous/dank. Mild biscuit undertones.
T- Tropical fruit, some bitey resin/pine.
M- Medium body. Preferable balance. Bittersweet, leaning more bitter, and a good lasting finish.