Hoptics
Land-Grant Brewing Company

Pillowy 1 finger head. Some floaters . Nice lacing left behind
Pine with citrus aromas.
Thick tasting with stone fruit and pine involved
Sweetish mouthfeel
Great beer. Thanks!

2024-04-21
12oz can served in a wineglass with a little bit of a tulip curve. Can is dated 02-03-07...part of which makes sense to me? It's probably not 17 years old? Got it from @ovaltine in NBS BIF #18.

Pours a mostly clear golden, big fluffy head with lots of active carbonation. Settles slowly leaving behind big clotty lacing and uneven lumpy retained head. Smell is...first thought is actually Belgian banana. A little breadiness, a little floral. After a little while, it turns into a more melon/bubblegum kind of impression.

Taste definitely in that bubblegum/melon arena, breadiness maybe is a bit more grainy now, moderately sweet, but has a strong bitter finish.

Mouthfeel is full, clean, rich. Overall, pretty good.

Pours an off orange, medium head and heavy lacing. Aroma is sharply sweet; berries. Upon the tongue, this quickly sweetens. Maybe something from the hops, but the malts are too prevalent for an IPA. The alcohol bleeds through. The feel is very old school. Again, for a 6.7% ABV there is too much of an alcohol presence. Some positive notes of sharp berry, but far too muddled with the malts. Land Grant does some great things, but this is a miss for me.

Pours a slightly unfiltered golden color with a frothy white head that provides ample lacing. Beautiful WCIPA. The nose is apricot and peach stone fruit, strawberry, and a bit of citrus. Very nice.

The taste is all about the interplay between the apricot, peach, and berry flavors, with the citrus and a bit of resiny pine and some cereal malt adding depth to the beer. Really easy drinking and flavorful beer.

The mouthfeel is medium and very dry, adding to the drinkability. Really digging this one from a brewery that seems to have its hop game together.

I am trying this beer off the tapper at the brewery as part of a four sample flight. It poured a clear golden with frothy white head that is leaving a some lace. The scent had bold citrus fruit hop notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with bright sweet malt base with tropical fruit and pine resin presence. The mouthfeel was medium in body and had good carbonation. Overall it is a solid beer.