Sticky Bandit
North Fork Brewing Co.

This beer pours a hazy orange-amber with a white head. The hops appear up front, but are then followed by a pine cone-ish flavor. The body lingers a little, but could be bigger

Canned 11/04/2020: Pours hazy gold color with a nice 2 finger thick foamy off white colored head that faded slowly and left good spotty lacing. Aroma is very mellow with lime, orange peel, light grapefruit, lemon zest, some biscuit and grains, but mostly faint citrus makes up the nose.

Tastes of biscuit, orange peel, light grapefruit, lemon zest, toasted grains, faint caramel, tea leaf and peppery spices. It’s very well balanced but not especially hoppy.

One thing I identify NE style IPAs with is haze although that may be misplaced. Maybe it's more of a trend than a forgone characteristic. Sticky BANDIT (the ale is misnamed by whomever initially placed it on BA) has a feint light haze and the look of a lager in some respects: straw based coloring, but maintains a really nice medium bubbled head. The nose is redolent of grass, pineapple and pear with just a hint of pine. Lots of nice stone fruit and pineapple flavor notes with the hops hanging out in the background. There is a really pleasant bitterness to this NEIPA. Finishes nicely, carrying all those notes into the aftertaste.

A cloudy yellow color with amber highlights and a sustained ring of foamy white bubbles. Light citrus on the nose and not very potent. The first few sips hit with a rush of hops upfront. Rather bitter for the style with light/muddled notes of the citrus fruit. I mostly get flavors of lemon, lime, orange, and grapefruit. Decently bitter on the finish, as well, with notes of pine and resin. A moderate mouth feel that drinks dry and crisp. No lingering sweetness at all and some definite white wine notes too.

Overall, this isn't half bad. Not you're prototypical nesipa but I really like how bitter it comes across while still remaining crisp and very drinkable.