Going Solo: Strata
HopFly Brewing Co.

A: Pours a hazy bright golden orange in color with moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising quickly along the edges of the glass and moderate pale golden yellow + honey + peach + apricot colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense sudsy foamy that slowly reduces to a handful of small patches of medium thick film surrounded by a large patch of very slightly mottled very thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Light to moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of juicy tropical/mango + citrus/tangerine + tropical/melon + tropical/passionfruit hops along with a hint of dank resinous hops over the top of light to moderate aromas of biscuit + pale + caramel malts with a light amount of caramel sweetness.

T: Upfront there are light to moderate flavors of biscuit + pale + caramel malts with a light amount of caramel sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of juicy tropical/mango + citrus/tangerine + tropical/melon + tropical/passionfruit hops along with a hint of dank resinous hops which impart a very light amount of bitterness which fades away almost instantly leaving moderate lingering tropical + citrus hop flavors.

M: Light to medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Initially very lightly crisp with a light amount of soft/fluffiness mid-body and a very light amount of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a pleasantly refreshing + soft/fluffy mouthfeel. Enjoyable and does a great job of highlighting the Strata hop (one that I do not see all that often yet and I cannot recall any single hop IPAs made with it yet).