Halftime
Interboro Spirits and Ales

16oz can purchased from the fridge from a local bar/bottle shop as a single for $3.99. Canned on 8/3/2022, so this is almost 3 months old.

Look: Pours a pale slightly hazy golden yellow color. Thick, rocky off-white two-finger head that reduced to a thin layer. It became very hazy after I poured the bottom of the can.

Smell: Lots of nice hoppy aromas - grapefruit, papaya, mango, green bell pepper on the finish. Also smells perfumy, piney, and slightly spicy.

Taste: The taste basically mirrors the nose. As this is a 4% ABV dry-hopped pale ale, it is very hop-forward. Up front, there is a subtle maltiness, and then the rest of the palate is all hops and bitterness. The finish is moderately bitter with lots of grapefruit zest, pith, pine, and peppery notes. The finish is dry, crisp, and refreshing.

Feel: It's on the lighter side of medium bodied. It's crisp and refreshing with the right amount of spritzy carbonation. The mouthfeel gained some softness and complexity after pouring the bottom of the can.

Overall: I like this, it gets the job done. I feel like dry-hopped pale ales get short shrift these days due to their thunder being stolen by the ridiculous popularity of IPAs. I still really enjoy a pale ale when done right. This one is very hoppy, not so juicy, with a dry and refreshingly bitter finish.

From the website;
HALF TIME - DRY HOPPED PALE ALE
ABV: 4% • IBU: 20 • SRM: 4 • OG: 10°P
Full desc: A light, juicy pale ale perfect for this summer heat. Pours hazy pale yellow with billowing white foam. Aromas of Juicyfruit gum and pineapple. Bright flavors of passionfruit and citrus, refreshing bitterness for sessionability. Brewed with pilsner and oat malts. Fermented with English ale yeast. Hopped with Cascade and Comet in the kettle, double dry-hopped with Citra and Galaxy.

A: The beer is very hazy to cloudy and a bit pale yellow in color. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that left a patch of bubbles on the surface, a narrow collar around the edge, and lots of lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Light aromas of lime and lychee are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell, except that the flavors of lime and lychee are a touch stronger. A slight amount of bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels nearly medium-bodied and juicy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is very easy to drink, but the aromas and flavors of hops seem to be somewhat muted.

Serving type: can

Pours a hazy golden color. A large foam head retains very well and lacing throughout.

Well hopped with some nice fruity, citrusy and dank aromatics. Aromas of grass, pine, peach, grapefruit, lemon and pineapple.

The taste opens with malty notes of dry cracker and a touch of biscuit. This almost immediately gives way to hops flavors. Notes of grapefruit, lemon, peach and pineapple. Moderate to gentle herbal spices include notes of grass, pine and verbena. The bitterness is smooth and easy going.

Medium to light bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. The finish is dry with some resiny linger. The carbonation is moderate to gentle.

A very easy drinking and well hopped session pale ale. I would have again.

This one pours a semi-hazy golden yellow color, with a small head and lots of lacing.

This smells like dry piney hops, some grassiness, and a touch of citrus.

This is pretty good, and definitely tastes a bit stronger than the ABV would suggest. It's not quite as "juicy" as a hop bill of Citra/Galaxy/Cascade would tend to indicate, but it's still pretty solid.

This is light bodied, clean, and with a dry finish.

This falls a little bit on the dry and thin side, as a lot of session IPAs/PAs do, but I still found some enjoyment in it.

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a semi murky lighter golden color. The head is white, 1 finger, frothy, with decent retention.
The nose has a nice hop aroma. A lot more than I was expecting on a 4% beer. Pineapple seems to be the aroma to me.
Taste - a lighter flavored beer. There's a nice hop flavor, again pineapple. There also seems to be a bit of malt mixed into the flavor, which mixes very well.
Body - the body is decent, and the hops actually linger in my throat for quite a while. Totally unexpected for a lower ABV beer.
This is a solid, low ABV, session IPA. Solid flavor. Solid aroma. Solid body. Very pleased with this beer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A nice chugger along the lines of founders all day, a little bit less aroma and front end but some nice bitterness in tbe finish. On tap at earls beer and cheese in nyc great spot