Trippin' Froots
Mirror Twin Brewing

Pours the color of orange juice with a thick white head. Nose very citrusy. Taste was not near as citrus as I had expected or hoped. Very little bitterness, unfortunately. Good beer, not great but good.

While every brewery in America has taken their turn by ramping up an New England styled IPA into a "Smoothie IPA", its common to see a fruit or two in the beer. But with mango, lime, tangerine and pineapple, the folks at Mirror Twin must be trippin'.

Pale goldenrod and pastel in its sheen, their Trippin' Froots hits the nose with as much of a citrus hop kick and a tangy tartness as it does the fruits that are advertised. Herbal with notes of verbena and grassiness, its spice leads into a taste of pastry dough, sherbet sweetness and hints of agave.

As the middle palate becomes awash with the fructose laden sweetness, the creaminess of malt succumbs to the acidity of the citrus, tropical and orchard fruit and soon trails into sour and bitter late palate that's balanced with gin-like spice, green tea, verbena, lemongrass and an overall green spice character.

Medium light in body, the hops add a light dryness and a smooth bitterness in the beer's closure, but the tartness and pectin spice of fruit lightens the body and adds an extra measure of peppery balance to go along with the hops. A medium long linger of muddled fruit peels with sherbet eventually frame the beer's finish.