Ascender
Fieldwork Brewing Co.

Had this during a flight at Fieldwork. Was 2nd out of a 6 beer lineup, had the unfortunate spot in the order after the excellent Galaxy Juice.

Pours with golden clarity and a 1/3" white head, this looks like the prototypical west coast ipa. Aroma is all Amarillo hops, the OG of dry hopping. Did not skimp. Nice bouquet of hop aroma on this one even though it appears to be a single hop beer. Grapefruit, papaya.

Oh hey, its not a single hop, looks like we have some El Dorado as well. Ok, makes a little more sense now. Its another very good Fieldwork hoppy beer. Dry grapefruit rind notes hittin' hard on it, but not "excessively" bitter. Its far from their best effort, but representative of their great portfolio, that even the ones that might be just average or below average for them, are still very enjoyable. Its kind of old school, but without the excessive caramel/crystal malt feels, this is just simple two row base and its better for it.

 

 

 

 

Another good one from them, nice golden color great hop aroma Piney Grapefruit awesome.
They keep making solid IPA's looking forward to trying more from Fieldwork.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L: crisp, clean, light orange
S: mild fruit notes, mostly on the acidic side, apples some peach
T: in line with smell but with a slight musty aftertaste
F: light but with a slightly sticky finish. Average carbonation
O: solid. Not the best I've had from fieldwork but somewhat in line with their beers from my experience; on the lighter side and tastes more like a slightly hoppy pale ale than most new school IPAs out there these days

Draught pour at Davis Beer Shoppe into a nonic pint. Pours a light golden yellow with a tiny layer of head that disappears almost immediately. Very potent nose that's dominated by citrus. Taste matched the nose, very prominent grapefruit. Mouthfeel was a little thin, low carbonation, and finishes clean and dry with a bit of astringency/bitterness. I'll definitely revisit this one.

Updated 20210124 review from cans. Lowering my Smell rating from 4.5 to 4.0, the nose isn't as enjoyable and has hints of a medicinal nature. Doesn't seem to permeate into the taste profile. Also lowering my Overall from 4.25 to 4.0, as I don't find medicinal aspects appealing.