Stroh's Perseverance
Pabst Brewing Company

 

 

Decent enough session IPA. Enjoyed a few of these from the bottle and from a good ol' red Solo cup. Excellent, soapy and foamy head with a crazy hang-time. Aromas of bready malt and floral /herbal hops. Flavors are bread, berry, and more herbal hops. Clean finish. Ok IPA, but I'd go for Stroh's Bohemian over this one.

 

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 4/12/2018. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy golden amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, light pepper/pine, toasted biscuit, light caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and moderate bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, light pepper, pine, toasted biscuit, light caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, toasted biscuit, light caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a delicious session IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish, never aggressive. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Very juicy, vibrant, and dank hops; nice bready malt backbone, with minimal residual sweetness. Feels like Centennial and Mosaic hops. A very enjoyable offering, and great style example. One of the better session IPAs I've had.