Play Dead IPA
Yellow Dog Brewing

 

 

 

 

 

Clear dark orange-tan color. Formed a thick head of small bubbles that was refreshed from below by a steady stream of small bubbles from the bottom of the glass. Left a heavy lacing up the side of the glass after the head subsided a bit.

Has a bit of a vegetable-grassy scent with some light barnyard overlaid. Swirling the glass kicked up a lot more barnyard.

Strong hop and corresponding strong bitters over a toasty malt. The barnyard flavor kicks in about half way through. Aftertaste is a mix of the bitters as the barnyard fades away.

Slowly builds to a mouth filling foam that turns into large bubbles. Medium body. There is a bit of a burn to follow the aftertaste.

Yet another previously excellent beer that has been ruined by the barnyard plague. My notes from 1.5 years ago describe hop florals and caramel malts for a good back to basic IPA. No mention of the barnyard. It has lost 1.5 points in my rating from that time.

 

Love the taste and I've always liked the company's products. Mine has a lot (a lot, lot of sediment) not sure if it's just a bum batch but it was disconcerting to read its supposed to be crystal clear. Just wary to drink if this batch wasn't filtered properly

Crystal clear and a pleasant orange color under about an inch of beige head and thorough lacing. Nose is equal parts pine and honey until the pine morphs into dandelion and the honey becomes more of a biscuity thing. Taste has just barely a bit of tart as an earthy bitterness takes hold. Tailing off is the earthy as a little pine and olive sweep in as it finishes very wet with little aftertaste.

Pours a beautiful classic crisp clear amber body with a nice white head sitting atop. Solid lacing.

Nose leans more heavily into the malts with some sweeter character accompanying and a little bit of an estery character.

Flavour is a nice balance of big bitter piney hops and sweeter malts.

Good linger to the hops with a good clean body and fine pricks of carbonation.

This is a nice classic WCIPA which is exactly what I was looking for when I picked it up.

 

 

 

 

 

good hoppy Ipa with smells of citrus and hops and the alcohol hiding a little but still a good hoppy ipa.

Currently my favorite IPA. Strong hops and great aroma. The High 5 Hazy IPA is very good as well, but I prefer the Play Dead.

 

4 x 16oz cans, $13. Canned on Fed 06/18.
Pours clear apricot. Modest foamy head.

Aroma is bready.
Taste is piney and grapefruit, not very complex, a slight oiliness in the backwash, slight resiny aftertaste. Clean, relatively dry finish.
No info. available on hop recipe...and the co. website is very primitive. Canada,eh!
Glass lacing is impressive.
Easy to drink, no astringency or booziness.
Good beer? Sure. Good value for money? No.
Locally, Driftwood's Fat Tug is better beer for pretty much the same price (retail, per oz).