Passionfruit IPA
Manor Hill Brewing

Thanks Bobby. This was poured into a Becher pint glass. The appearance was a hazy burnt to bronzed semi-brown/orange color-ed body with a thin sustaining white foamy head. Concaves to the center after a good bit. Clingy white foamy lacing. The smell, damn, for the age, one would think - yeah dead, beeeeep, wrong answer, hell no! For the age, bit sweet passionfruit and berries burst up front over a light sweet grassy edge. Light pears, some floral, and then some citrus. The taste was pretty much the same - fully bittersweet - combined and all together. Quick dry berry to citrus aftertaste. Definitely a quick finish, (boy does that go out the window quickly or what, wooee). On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a semi-oily yet dry feel making a nice bitter pounding on my tongue. Overall, damn nice AIPA that I know I would have again.

On tap at Atwater's in Baltimore.

Pours fizzy and hazy, medium-dark orange with a retentive white head.

Smells like a contemporary fruit hop profile. Nothing exceptional, but nice, and very smooth.

Tastes like it smells: hop-heavy, fruity, with no need for a malt backbone I guess but it's still kind of one-note. The hop profile is like several dozen other fruity IPAs I've had in recent years, which is to say that it's pretty good but also it's like, hey, I can get lots of other beers like this why the hell do they cost so much.

Easily the best beer I've had from Manor Hill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Growler fill. Pouring into my teku glass. Copper penny color with minimal head. Smell is pretty much passion fruit. Hops up front and a bitter finish. Not a juice bomb the cohesiveness with the fruit and the beer is missing. Tastes like a fruit beer more so than a IPA. Not a bad beer but wouldn't buy again

 

A nice dessert beer, paired with a lemon curd dessert at Atwater's tap takeover. The passionfruit is paired nicely with citrus hops and the alcohol is balanced by sweetness. A nice dark IPA styled fruit beer.