Maximum Tilt
Love City Brewing Company
- From:
- Love City Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 3.47%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 07, 2018
- Added:
- Jun 30, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Brewed for Vox Populi 30th Anniversary. An IPA that is triple dry-hopped with Idaho7 and Mosaic and then dry-“hopped” with grapefruit peels.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.57/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.57/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A thanks to the captain of the canquest, woodychandler, for this beer. Poured from a 16 oz. can. Despite a gentle pour, this beer came out fast, resulting in a hazy golden color with a 2 1/2 inch head. Smell is of citrus, tropical fruits. Taste is grapefruit, orange peels, light papaya, moderate bitterness. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a pretty good beer.
Oct 07, 2018
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
How did I come to get this CAN? I was at the Roy Pitz CANnivesary party in PHL not this past Saturday, but Saturday a week prior (Sa, 23 June 2018) & their facility is in extremely close proximity to both the newest Yards & Love City B.C. so we did a walking tour. Imagine my elation, shock & surprise when the owner comes out to greet us & it was none other than Kevin Walter! Kevin was the second brewer at IHLNC, but when he moved on, I lost track. He was gracious enough to gift one of each of his CANned offerings to me for inclusion in The CANQuest (tm) & here we go!
From the CAN: "30th Anniversary IPA"; "Vox Populi".
I like Kevin's idea of "dry-hopping" here. The Crack! came off without a hitch, but when I beCAN a slow, gentle Glug, it became obvious that it was going to be a hazebro of some stripe. I CANnot really blame him, since if those grapefruit peels were meant to impart flavor, then why strip the flavor away with filtration? I amped up my Glug to hurriedly empty the CANtents into the awaiting vessel. This led to the unbidden formation of just under two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, bone-white head with excellent retention. Impressive, especially in this oppressive heat & humidity! Color was a cloudy Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7). Nose was an example of what I was saying in an earlier review - I like that we are moving away from loads of Mosaic and other tropical-fruit hops & to a mélange that balances their inherent sweetness with some inherent bitterness. Yes, I could smell the usual tropical fruit suspects of mango, papaya, guava & passion fruit, but the grapefruit was not wasting any time in asserting its presence. Mouthfeel was full & creamy, as it should be in these hazy versions of an AIPA. The taste was just the opposite of the previous AIPA from Love City - now, the grapefruit was prevalent with the tropical fruit taking a backseat. I am not CANplaining, but others might as the pendulum has now swung in a bitter direction, which may be too much for some. There has to be a balance out there somewhere, if someone CAN just find it. Finish was dry & bitter, fine for my purposes, but perhaps too much for some. YMMV.
Jul 03, 2018From the CAN: "30th Anniversary IPA"; "Vox Populi".
I like Kevin's idea of "dry-hopping" here. The Crack! came off without a hitch, but when I beCAN a slow, gentle Glug, it became obvious that it was going to be a hazebro of some stripe. I CANnot really blame him, since if those grapefruit peels were meant to impart flavor, then why strip the flavor away with filtration? I amped up my Glug to hurriedly empty the CANtents into the awaiting vessel. This led to the unbidden formation of just under two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, bone-white head with excellent retention. Impressive, especially in this oppressive heat & humidity! Color was a cloudy Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7). Nose was an example of what I was saying in an earlier review - I like that we are moving away from loads of Mosaic and other tropical-fruit hops & to a mélange that balances their inherent sweetness with some inherent bitterness. Yes, I could smell the usual tropical fruit suspects of mango, papaya, guava & passion fruit, but the grapefruit was not wasting any time in asserting its presence. Mouthfeel was full & creamy, as it should be in these hazy versions of an AIPA. The taste was just the opposite of the previous AIPA from Love City - now, the grapefruit was prevalent with the tropical fruit taking a backseat. I am not CANplaining, but others might as the pendulum has now swung in a bitter direction, which may be too much for some. There has to be a balance out there somewhere, if someone CAN just find it. Finish was dry & bitter, fine for my purposes, but perhaps too much for some. YMMV.
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