Research Series: Spider Bite Double IPA
Frost Beer Works

Pours a hazy orange with a 2F head and light lacing.

Smells of floral, piney hops with citrus and sweet fruit.

Tastes of Slightly tart grapefruit, orange, lemon and pineapple with a lightly bitter finish.

Medium light body with light carbonation. Dry mouthfeel.

This well balanced, quite drinkable, moderately juicy NEIPA. Good enough to be a regular brew.

Clean and well-executed. Sweet citrus and mildly bittering pine & resin. Mild overall, crushable for the style and ABV. Super promising for my first time trying this New England brewery.

 

SPIDER BITE 01/12/24. Poured into a Samuel Adams Perfect Pint.

A: Moderately hazy gold with 1-2 finger frothy white head with good retention and several thick rings of lacing.

S: Strong musky, herbal, pot hop notes are an undercurrent throughout the aroma with some fruity notes like pineapple, orange, red grapefruit with some orange blossom floral notes in there too.

T: Flavor is solid and somewhat green hoppy with honeysuckle and marijuana aromas with a lot of earthy character. Fruit flavors are a bit less pronounced than in the aroma with mainly orange and pineapple coming through. Bitterness is low-moderate intensity with esters also moderate intensity and fruity-floral.

M: Smooth, soft, and easy to drink with more spiky carbonation and good style-true soft finish.

O: I liked Spider Bite but prefer more sweet and fewer earthy notes in my hazy DIPAs.