Haze Of Least Resistance
Mirror Twin Brewing

As the path toward clever, unique and genuinely different flavors of New England-styled IPA grows weary, it may be time to settle on a base grain profile and a few hops that you just enjoy. And that's exactly what Mirror Twin does now.

Taking the Haze of Least Resistance to the taps, the hazy IPA pours with a standard very hazy but off-turbid opaqueness before rounding off with a creamy eggshell crown. Bold citrus aromatics flood the nose with a medley of branch ripened oranges, light herb and a peppery vegetation that's a wonderful complement to the citrus. Moderate sweetness rolls onto the tongue with a mild mannered notion of pastry, cereal and honey to suggest fructose sweetness.

Much the same transpires across the middle palate, but the ale does trend patiently less sweet and slightly tangy with fresh mandarin orange impressions. The hops of exactly that namesake, Mandarina Bavaria then carries a late palate of verbena, orange peel, light mango, pink grapefruit and a zest of lemon. Simcoe hops step in with a sharper, grassier, and piney finish that's more like peppery grasses than of a battering of bitterness.

Medium full in body, the slightly richer than usual IPA never allows it residual maltiness to interfere with its malty-dry finish and a medium length linger of peppery hop bite and a full perfume of citrusy potpourri to close the session refreshingly simple, pure and comfortable to the palate.