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E9 Brewing Co.

A delicious, piney IPA with a tad of apricot sweetness finishing over into a clean bitter linger. More herbal and piney with a nice balance, nothing to dank or fruity, a nice change of pace, enjoyable and recommended

A beautiful 16oz can poured into an oversized stemless wine glass; pours mostly clear straw-gold with a fluffy off-white head. This beer screams traditional West-Coast IPA on the nose and palate with a clear and crisp body, very floral with notes of earthy, piney resin and citrus rind. Pretty nice.

east coast or west coast, these guys always slay the hoppy stuff. this one is crystal clear and super bright, very california ten years ago vibe, bitter and piney, super clean on the ferment, and just refined to a very high degree, how ipa used to be in its previous prime really, and i was happy to see it look like that in the glass. i buy these on reputation now, didnt even know what this was other than an ipa, nice to know even more concretely how well they do all of the hoppy types. not overly interesting or complex here, just very good, pine family forward and higher alpha in both aroma and flavor to me, some grapefruit bite too, could be columbus or something a little old school, but the malt base is nice and light so the hops really pop, a mix of bittering and dry hop it seems to me, good balance and simplicity and tidiness on the fermentation side, great carbonation too, this is almost refreshing for being as robustly flavored as it is. slightly grassy as it warms, a hint of a papery element too, but it seems hop derived. overall another really solid ipa from these guys, who i have been just obsessed with for the last couple of months, every new beer is a joy.