Shadoobie
E9 Brewing Co.

 

Draft at the Handlebar. Hazy golden, thin white head, rings of lacing. Hoppy aroma, sharp, astringent. Taste is fruity, stone fruit, tropical, light hoppiness towards the back.

awesome new ipa from these guys, done with eclipse, galaxy, idaho 7, and strata, a fine combination of hops, especially in a beer like this, simple it seems on the grain side, mostly dry hopped, but also not a haze bomb, more unfiltered looking, soft in feel but still light, none of that oat and wheat density or anything, its easygoing for the most part, but remains boldly hoppy in aroma and flavor, very well done overall as pretty much all their beer is, good to see some new ones of late too, i feel like they slowed down for a minute there after coming into idaho at a torrid pace of new released, almost weekly there for a bit. this smells like peach nectar, floral honey, cantaloupe, and tangerine, all at once, fresh and punchy and juicy, but not forced or out of balanced. the fruitiness in the flavor is awesome too, clementine, fresh apricot, and orange candy, maybe navel orange juiciness too, slight herbal character coming out as it warms, very restrained bitterness, and basic pale barley malt underneath to me, the less is more approach, with the hops doing the heavy lifting here, clean ferment too. the galaxy brings a little key lime thing to this, but its offset by just a little residual grains sweetness, the other hops seem to kind of hit together and all at once, more about the whole than the parts. good carbonation, lighter medium body, approachable as they go, i really enjoyed this, great hop profile!