Premiere IPA
Interboro Spirits and Ales

 

Cloudy yellow color . Thin, white head. Melon and tropical fruits in the aroma. Juicy, with bitterness rather on the lower side. Easy drinkable as expected.

16oz can, 23304 date code, poured into a 16oz tumbler glass. Enjoyed on 01.12.2024, reviewed from Tasting Journal.

The beer pours a bright orange and amber color, lemon hues, fairly clear, with a finger of white head, good retention and lacing. The aroma is nice, herbal tea, grass clippings, earthy pine, wildflower, grapefruit citrus and soft dough. The flavors are nice, tangy and bitter grapefruit citrus, herbal tea, pine needles, grass clippings, wildflower, sweet dough. The mouthfeel is good, coating, super smooth medium body, really easy finish that is full and lightly dry.

Verdict: A solid IPA from Interboro. Good earthy and bitter qualities with some more citrusy fruit character that helps balance things out.

16 oz can from Tavour. Pours out a hazy straw color reminiscent of grapefruit juice. Nice rocky head, clumpy lacing. Aroma is the normal NEIPA citrus and tropical elements. Taste comes in juicy, citric tartness, minor bitterness. Nice feel throughout.

 

Can from Coastside 30A July 2023

 

16oz can purchased from the fridge as a single for $5. Canned on 5/10/2022, so this is almost 3 months old.

Look: This is almost clear....I guess that I will find some sediment at the bottom of the can. Pours a vibrant copperish/orange color with a one-finger off-white head. After pouring the bottom half of the can, it became a translucent unfiltered peach juice kind of look with a bit of sediment. To me, it looked better as a West Coast IPA than an NEIPA.

Smell: Lots of tropical fruit aromas - pineapple, mango, guava, peach, grapefruit - along with dank, bitter, and green vegetal (green bell pepper) notes on the finish. Smells nice enough.

Taste: Very tasty. It's really drinkable and has very low bitterness. The flavors mirror the nose - snappy acidity and prickly carbonation up front along with tropical fruit and bubblegum flavors. Primary flavors are mango, peach, and juicy fruit gum. The finish is mildly to moderately bitter, lingering long, with pithy and woody notes that grab the sides of my palate. Very juicy. Getting cool melon notes coming through as I finish the pint.

Feel: The mouthfeel is relatively soft. Nicely carbonated.

Overall: This is not my first Interboro beer, but it is my first Interboro review. It's definitely solid, but to me it feels a bit boring in today's day and age of hazy IPAs. It used to be that beers with Citra, Mosaic, and Galaxy hops were novel. Not anymore. Granted, they were probably considered pioneers in this realm when they first put this out. I think that the best compliment for this beer is that it is very flavorful and low in bitterness for a 6% NEIPA. Also, considering that it is almost 3 months old, it has held up surprisingly well for an NEIPA. I have had others that went seriously downhill after being two months old.

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Double Dry Hopped Premiere IPA by Interboro Spirits & Ales
Bevis Maun is drinking a Double Dry Hopped Premiere IPA by Interboro Spirits & Ales

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My first beer from Interboro. Poured from a 16 oz can into a pint glass. Premiere pours a hazy gold color with a big foamy head and wide bands of foamy lacing on the glass. Head retention is excellent!!! The best part of this beer is the aroma. All you have to do is ope the can and a flood of citrus and tropical aromas fill the air even before a drop hits the glass!!! Pineapple, orange, melon, mango....it is all here!!!! Taste is rich and fruity as well. The bitterness level is stronger than most INE IPA's, hardly a hop bomb but with a decent amount of bitterness. The NE 'dankness"is not really there, but the rich, fruity presence more than makes up for that. Mouthfeel is crisp, moderately bitter and with a bit of sweetness from the fruity flavors. This is one of the better NE IPA's I have tried.

Can Date: 12/7/21
Palate Contaminants: other beer

Straw color, opaque. Lots of medium fineness carbonation, but pretty good lacing.

For the smell, candied orange, plus a metallic thing that I can't quite pin down. It's got a sugary scent going on that reminds me of Smarties.

The main flavors that hit me are forest leaves and malt. Bitterness is light-moderate to start, but does dial up. There's a funky and piquant vegetation something going on that I haven't run across before.

Medium-fine carbonation, but slightly prickly. Aftertaste is floral and moderately bitter.

 

 

Pours a hazy golden color with a nice head and lacing
Aroma has citrus and hoppy hints
The taste follows the nose with citrus and hoppy flavors
A medium bodied well carbonated beer
A great NEIPA