Wet Hop IPA CLS Farms Centennial
No Boat Brewing Company

draught
Sustained, creamy white head. Translucent, medium light golden appearance. Bright, lemon peel and spiced floral aroma. Bright, herb tinged, lemon peel, with a touch of grass, for the taste. Light on the malt.

This one is back for 2024, though not dated. Clear golden amber with plenty of foam in the New Belgium snifter. Quite modest aroma, but honey and lime in the nose. Malty body with distinct sweetness and plenty of spritz. Warm grain and sweet melon flavors. Moderate bitter aftertaste with a catch in the back of the throat. Maybe the sharpness of the Centennial hop aromatic and bittering acids. Overall this is quite a fragrant and flavorful hoppy brew. Purchased at Bridge and Tunnel Bottleshop in Astoria.

Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a hazy, light to medium golden amber with a fine, two finger white head with great retention and solid lacing. Aroma of pale malt, citrus and piney hops, orange, lemon and pine. Flavor is pale malt with a touch of caramel, citrus and piney hops, orange, grapefruit, mild mixed fruit and pine. Fine citrus and lightly piney bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied with light to moderate creaminess. A nice fresh hop that shows off the citrus and pine character of Centennial. There were light mixed fruit notes, but well balanced citrus was the dominant note with a little pine, especially in the finish. The hop bitterness shows up early in the taste at the same intensity as the finish, which is not something I usually notice. I liked this one; particularly nice finish.

2023-09-30
16oz can served in a snulip. No date on the can. Bought it a few hours ago at Chuck's Hop Shop Seward Park.

Pours a murky amber-yellow with about a finger of head, a thick skin with fluffy islands, and tons of foamy lace clinging to the sides. Smell is grassy and vegetal, smells a lot like a recently mown lawn, with some mango and pineapple thrown in.

Taste is super tropical juicy. Cut grass comes through, but dominated by the tropical fruit. Lacks in resin, though it does have a nice firm bitterness in the finish. Has a soft, almost orange-julius (except grapefruit instead of orange) sense to it.

Mouthfeel is soft and pillowy. Overall, this is on the good end, but not a standout.

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2024-10-10
No date on the can. A lot of the specifics of my previous review still make sense, but things really don't meld very well. I would give it a much lower score this year.