Ration Type: Breakfast - Cascade Single Varietal Ale
Southern Tier Brewing Company

This was poured into a pint glass. The appearance was a nice looking slightly hazy golden orange with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute leaving some light lacing sticking and then sliding down into the beer. The smell had a nice sweet to spicy to floral arrangement of aromas. Light blend of sweet caramel malts enter nicely in to balance. The taste was mainly sweet and floral, a touch of spice assists in balancing. A dry finish came across my tongue. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation seemed to be good for the style and for me. Overall, I say this was a pretty good APA worthy of having again.

 

 

 

enjoyed this bottle in a pint glass chilled.
The color is dark meidum amber with light haze and 2 fingers of thick off white head with fine bead. The smell is lemony with slight citrus and mild orange odor with sweet malt scent and herbal compliment. The feel is very light body with medium bitterness level lightly sweet with moderate carbonation with low astringency and mostly dry finish with slight tang of yeast.

The smell is very light yet flavorful with citrus lemonytaste of cascade with slight caramel in the malt flavor with sweet middle and herbal hops in the background with tea-like astringency as it finishes semi-dry with lingering citrus bordering on grapefruit.. This is a very good single hop ale with a hop that can clearly hold its own nicely balanced and drinkable.

 

Enjoyable, I understand it's being discontinued though

It may be a tad late in the day for Breakfast (2021, Local, EDT), but when Rations are available at Country Garden 6-Pack as they were this afternoon, I try not to pass them up. After all, who knows when we are going to have access to Rations again any time soon.

From the bottle: "Brewed with 1 Variety of Hops and 1 Type of Malt".

I Pop!ped the cap and commenced an aggro pour that produced two-plus fingers of fluffy, light-tan head that fell pretty quickly, leaving sticky lacing in its wake. Who is going to clean this up after? It is going to require a power washer to remove it! Color was Amber to Deep Amber/Light Copper (SRM = > 9, < 13) with NE-quality clarity. Nose was dank, sticky, earthy, slightly minty and everything that I like in an AIPA. My mouth was watering like Homer Simpson's does in the presence of donuts and/or beer! Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was absolutely like a bag of ... hops! What did you think? I am the guy that laid atop a bale of hops at Victory BC, ala Burt Reynolds in Playgirl, during a press tour last year. I am curious as to what Malt varietal was used as it fairly innocuous. It really allowed the hops to shine without imparting a big sweetness or a biscuit-y dryness. Finish was dry and hoppy, but I do not think that it was sharp enough to scare off a non-hophead. That said, I am conversely unsure that it would be sustaining for a dyed-in-the-wool hophead such as myself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12oz bottle, poured into a pint glass

A- pours a bright clear golden color with a small fizzy white head that reduces, leaving just a film on top

S- simply cascade aromas of spicy floral, citrusy grapefruit & piney hops and hemp oil

T- spicy floral hop flavor up front with subtle underlying grapefruit & pine, slightly sweet malty dry finish

M- medium body and carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel and a crisp fry finish

O- a nice simple, but nice showcase of the cascade hop. This qualifies as a session IPA, and is very drinkable at that.