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Martin House Brewing Company

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From a growler I got today, so we’ll kept and fresh pour. Good balance of tropical notes (orange, grapefruit, apricot) with malt body. Great aftertaste of hops/fruit leftover. I like it. NEIPA are difficult to do right but this one works.

 

Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer is served a murky orange amber color with a one finger head of white foam. The head fades rather fast leaving just a trace of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the brew is light overall but has some bready smells mixed with a bit of tropical fruit and a touch of a grapefruit hop. Along with that are some pine smells and a bit of herbal hop.
Taste – The taste begins with a nice dank hop taste that has a good bready and fruity backbone. At the start there are flavors of a fruity orange and light tropical fruit taste of pineapple and papaya mixed with some dank pine hop and a bit of a herbal hop. As the taste advances the sweet fades a little bit and the dank grown stronger, all while being joined by some grass and hay. With a touch of yeast coming at the end, one is left with dank and lightly fruited taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is medium in thickness and creaminess with a carbonation level that is rather average. The feel is nice for the light fruitiness and dank tastes and makes for an easy sipper.
Overall – A rather nice hazy IPA. Dank, lightly sweet, and full of flavor.

 

 

Bought a single cause it was fresh. Nothing special and wouldn’t buy again. $10 for a 4 pack is a bit too high for what it is.

 

 

Martin House calls this a hazy IPA. While it's not super-hazy, I'd categorize this as a New England IPA, flavor-wise. It's not Parish, but it's very drinkable. Only the mouthfeel is a little afield of a NEIPA.