Lyrical Gangsta
Mikerphone Brewing

L- Pours a hazy, dishwater orange with a thin white head.
S- grapefruit, malt, bitter hops,
T- Grapefruit and other citrus fruits, bitter hops with pine resin turns into dankness. Plenty of malt to give it a full body.
M- Huge taste in which resin flows out the nose.
O- A wonderful west-coast style DIPA.

 

 

 

 

 

A - Pours a dark murky orange with a 1/2 inch head that settles to a ring quickly.
S - Aroma is very mild, maybe some melon.
T - Interesting, rather than be dominated by a citrus flavor, this one is dominated by bitterness. Nice and bitter, perhaps the most hop bitter beer I've had from Mikerphone.
M - Average carbonation and mouth feel.
O - Very good beer, very enjoyable.

 

 

Another hopped up DIPA from Mikerphone, this one using five hop varieties. Cloudy enough to qualify for the NE style, though I don't think Mikerphone has ever advertised their beers in this category (though they were among the early adopters of the style in Chicago). Surprisingly little head and lacing in the glass. Smell conveys a nice balance of citrus fruits with bitterness, and taste follows nose. Mouthfeel is surprisingly flat, and I think this beer comes close to be under-carbonated. Overall a very good beer with room for improvement.