Lithia
Basic City Beer Company

 

Pour murky, orange gold in color with one third inch head. Taste is big pine, grapefruit, and plum juice. Bitter with underlying sweetness, medium heavy bodied, with moderate carbonation. Makes for an above average ipa. Unique..might get this one again.

 

Poured from a 16 oz can into a Duvel tulip. Canned on 02/12/18.

A: Hazy peach-amber with 1-finger off-white frothy head with decent retention and average lacing.

S: Strong pink grapefruit, floral, and big pine with honeysuckle. Malt aromas are a little candy-like.

T: Flavor is good but a little bracing with pretty heavy bitterness to my palate. The soft mouthfeel seems to accentuate the bitterness along with the higher than average carbonation. Hopping is solid with some umami-dank-onion-grassy-herbal notes up front and on retronasal. Grapefruit is strong through the mid-palate with floral character in the finish. Bitterness is at least medium, probably a little more.

M: Soft mouthfeel overall but a bit too much carbonation for my taste. Body is medium and finish is fairly thick.

O: Lithia is likeable but pales in comparison to Bask and Opera. A little to much heft and bitterness. Aromatic for sure and worth a try.

Pours a hazy, dark yellow color with about a finger of white head. Smells of pink grapefruit, floral notes, oranges. Taste is floral, lots of notes of hibiscus, a little grapefruit, and a hint of tangerine. Light note of bitterness, but it's barely there. Soft, creamy, and rich. Overall it's solid, drinkable, and about average for a good NEIPA.