Citrus IPA
Second Self Beer Company

 

Near perfect color. Balanced hops, muted citrus flavor. Decent drinking IPA.

 

 

 

2017-08-17
12oz can served in a snifter. Canned on 06/13/17. Given to me by @mr-jj.

Pours a pretty, clear golden with a smallish head and not a lot of carbonation. Smell is a little musty or cat-pissy, some lemon, a hint of honeysuckle.

Taste is lemon, more floral, lighter in the musty/catpiss (thankfully). Maybe a little orange rind.

Mouthfeel is about the right consistency -- medium with just a hint of stickiness, but not enough carbonation.

Overall, not bad -- definitely tastes better than it smells.

 

 

 

 

Poured from a 12 OZ can into a pint glass. The appearance is a clear pale orange color with a small white head. The aroma is mild citrus with some hops. The taste is light and made for summer time.

 

 

these citrus ipa styles are obviously on trend, have been for awhile now, but this one offers something a little different. it is extremely light, even as session types go, its one of the most easy drinking hop forward beers i have ever had, and despite it being somewhat light on flavor, i think it all works together really well, although obviously more geared toward summer drinking than winter. pale orange in color and perfectly clear. gorgeous inch of head on it too, airy wispy and white, some lace left in its wake. the aroma and flavor feature citrus forward hops as much as citrus itself, which i think is a great balance, more ipa than fruit beer, always a good thing in my book. fresh orange juice and a little lemon zest, nothing too intense, none of the acidic or super bitter grapefruit or alpha acid, its way lighter than it sounds like it should be, really a very delicate beer. the hops are only a bit bitter in the end, which is nice and dry for it being fruity in the middle, and the balance between the juicy hops and the citrus fruit is right on point. i could drink a twelve pack of these cans pretty easily, its beer made for that kind of drinking, but its also a nice counterpoint to some spicy hearty red chili. quite surprised the abv is this high actually, drinks more like 4% abv. a tasty if mild beer, better than most of its citrus ipa peers i think.

Very fresh 12 oz can from near the brewery with a canning date (8/24/16) that is only 6 weeks ago.

No obvious sign of leakage, and no liquid lost, but this beer has very little carbonation. A vigorous pour only produced some short lived bubbles. Within a couple of minutes, not even a ring remained. The mouthfeel confirms a carbonation problem. The clear orange-amber body lacks visible carbonation.
Fine, fruity aroma, unimpaired by any head. The flavor, look and feel are impaired, however.