Mount Hop Ave
Swiftwater Brewing Company

From draft at Swiftwater Brewing. Golden yellow color with no haze. Very West Coast in style. Lots of pine resin notes on the palate. Maybe a little heat from the high abv at 8.2% per the tap list.

Light haziness within golden straw and capped by a two-inch, foamy, white head. The head lingers for a few minutes before depositing patchy lace.

Mango and tangerine are both strong, fresh, bright and lively. There is a touch of late cattiness followed by mint.

Minty with sharp bitterness, followed by, but not balanced by, sweetness. Grapefruit and pith are dominating with a background of pine. The finish is long and moderate.

A full body and silky texture with fine, fizzy carbonation. Alcohol is faint compared to expectations.

This is a good IIPA, worthy of drinking while relaxing with friends.

Hazy translucent gold with a creamy and rocky eggshell white head. Great retention and sheets of lacing.
Smells of honeydew melon, pineapple, green grape, white peach, and oats.
Tastes of honeydew melon, green grape, white peach, pineapple, white bread, oats, and grass. Just lightly bitter on the finish.
Medium-plus mouthfeel, well carbonated, slightly creamy.
Another damn fine DIPA from Swiftwater. Very good.

A: The beer is a little hazy yellow in color and has a slight amount of visible carbonation along with faint hints of amber hues. It poured with a short white head that left a thin collar around the edge and some lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of mangos are present in the nose along with notes of lime and pine.
T: The taste has flavors of mango and lime along with notes of pine. There is a light to moderate amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and faintly crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer has a nice balance between flavors of citrusy and tropical fruits with pine. It is very easy to drink considering its strength.

Serving type: can

 

 

Pale gold/deep yellow and hazy, with a fat white head on top... Loved it from the first sip - lots of pixie dust-like tangy and tingly fruit sweetness - like powdered candied tropical and citrus fruits - soft and fuzzy, relatively light-bodied - especially for a beer with a 9.2% abv - very mild bitterness, moderate bright sugar dust sweetness, ample carbonation, and a fresh bouquet of floral hops to air it out over the fruitier notes beneath... Really enjoying this one...

This one pours a partially hazy orange color, with a small head, and a good amount of lacing.

This smells like stone fruit, mango, pine, sweet grapefruit, peach, and pine.

This has a very dank and weedy sweetness, with lots of sweet peach, apricot, and grapefruit, and a vegetal piney bitterness. This is rough and raw but still ultimately pretty tasty.

This is medium bodied, and a touch syrupy, with a typical level of carbonation.

This isn't quite there, but it's pretty close.

 

Pours hazy, orange gold in color with 1/2 inch head. Taste is pine, dried mango, and earthy hops. Medium-heavy bodied, bitter, and low carbonation. Tasty IPA that is different from other IPAs I have had. Really like Swiftwater's beers.