Samuel Adams Take-A-Day IPA
Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Company)

A mild IPA - definitely one for the summertime months...

Great golden colored brew with a mild lacing down the glass, the smell is more flora than citrus. The taste is lightly bitter with flavors of coriander and some all-spice. Mouthfeel is light and crisp and the whole thing is solid enough as a somewhat sessionable beer.

This actually reminds me more of a pale ale than IPA, which is interesting as I've mostly experience many pale ales that tasted more like IPAs. This is a first for me...

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. Pours red orange with a fluffy white head. Smells of floral and citrus hops. Tastes of floral and citrus hops. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good beer.

Wasn’t sure what to expect outta this one, but SA usually makes good brews. This one was delicious. Great citrus flavor, excellent hops, would definitely buy again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12oz bottle. Poured out a clear, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left minimal lacing. It smelled earthy, piney and malty with some citrus. Very piney and earthy with some citrus and toasted caramel.

 

Looks fantastic with an impossibly long-lasting head and tremendous lacing. Smells malt-forward to me, like maybe it's past it's hoppy peak. Or the aftershave I just splashed on is obscuring said hops. There is some light citrus, but I mostly get sweet, caramel-y malt. And that mostly translates to the tongue, as well. Hops are a bit amped from the nose, but not by much. Oily, soapy and a bit like Bell's Two-Hearted. It's a fine beer and I can get behind the spirit of the whole thing. Take a day off work and have a few of these instead. Why not?

 

From a 12oz bottle dated "Enjoy before" July 2023 into a pint glass.

Pours a translucent orangish brown with about one finger of off-white head. Moderate retention and lacing.

Aromas of citrus juice (orange, lemon), pine and wet dirt. Not particularly strong aromas.

Some pine in the flavor along with some zesty citrus juice. Maybe even a little peppery. Light, but noticeable bitterness

Medium-bodied, slightly sticky mouthfeel. Dry-ish, sticky, finish. Medium to high carbonation. Bitter, zesty aftertaste.

Servicable IPA but nothing special. Easily the best beer of this mix-pack.

LOOK: Pours a clear golden color with a nice lookingoff white head that recedes slowly but does not disappear while leaving curtains of side glass lace.
AROMA: Citrus hops mostly orange and tangerine and dank pine and some sourness.
TASTE: Flavor comes up short, nothing, nothing here offensive but nothing here that makes it a really good IPA.
Picked up a little taste of alcohol, which for me is not welcome in my favorite beers.

 

Poured from a bottle. Copper in color with a s small white head. Smells of hops, pine, caramel and bread. Flavors follow the smell and really seem to work together well. It's a little less in your face than other IPAs like it but there flavors are good and it's very enjoyable.

 

 

Pours a clear amber/gold with a thick white cap with great retention and nice lacing. Aroma is faint, some citrus and hops. Flavor a bit more pronounced than the nose. Some sweet orange and lime with some bitter hops in the finish. Feel is medium bodied with fairly low carbonation. Overall, a bit of a disappointment, wouldn't seek out and might keep me from buying another of the mixed 12 pack that it came in.