State Of The Art 296
Industrial Arts Brewing Company - Beacon

 

16 oz can traded in from brutalfarce. 7% Alcohol By Volume. Batch #296, "Northeast IPA" brewed with amarillo, simcoe, and oats.

Poured into 16 oz nonic pint glass. The body is actually semi-transparent and only hazy in the way of chill haze. Head is creamy and sitting at 1 solid finger.

Aroma is very tropical at first sniff; lots of pineapple with hints of mango, with some slight peppery piney aroma behind that (thank you Simcoe). Very fruity, very fresh.

Flavor brings a slight tartness forward, with lots of sticky oatmeal. Slight papaya rind, some persimmon, dried apricot, and a big presence and finish of woodsy, peppery flavors.

Feel is crisp and creamy, both in equal parts. That feel breaks apart at the end with some drying, sharp carbonation lingering and snapping like a downed powerline.

Overall, not my favorite Industrial Arts beer. I think they could afford to back to the drawing board on this one.

 

 

 

 

 

Called NEIPA on the label, but it pours lightly cloudy, pure gold that looks as traditional as American IPA gets.

Oh wow, this is amazing, it is as though all the best things about citrus and pine flavors in WCIPA aroma were combined with all the best things about tropical flavors in NEIPA, put into a full aroma, and balanced into IPA perfume. Mmmmm.

Good lord, the taste is the same, let's see definite citrus pith a main player, but also mango, def. bitter orange and sweet lemon, also pineapple, and melon notes, some resinnous pine in there. I get kiwi, what? It is a morphing mix, sometimes the pith really comes through at the end and it is bitter, other sips provide a medley of bright tropical notes. Very understated crispy honey maltiness backs this baby so well (grateful dead reference redacted here). Yumm, man, yumm.

Really soft on palate, super clean, med. carb. (only ding, could use a bit less carb.), highly viscous, but no build, excellent finish. Somehow this beer, upon deep contemplation, presents as being very resinous, but manages to be refreshing and clean in the way of the softer NEIPA.

Chief promised us, with some bravado, he would put the best NY IPA's, easy to get, on shelves across the Hudson Valley. Two years later I gotta say mission accomplished. Highly recommend getting some of this.

A: The beer is relatively clear golden yellow in color and has a light amount of carbonation. It poured with a short bright white head that faded away, leaving only a narrow collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of grapefruit and honeydew melon are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has additional notes of passionfruit along with hints of pine. There is a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and a little crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This New England-style IPA is quite "juicy" and only has a light amount of bitterness. It is easy to drink.

Serving type: can

 

Tall can with a 6/6/18 canning date.

Pours lighter amber, with an equally light haze. Lasting off white gauzy cap, leaves thicker webs and sheets of lacing.

Earthy and citric sniff.

Delicious, crisp, yeasty, citric, full flavor brew...more great beer from IABC....go get some

 

Canned 6/6/2018 so 4 days old when reviewed. Poured from 16 oz. can into Industrial Arts pint glass. It pours a hazy, golden-straw color with almost a finger of fluffy, bright-white head and lots of soapy lacing. The nose is crisp and features lemon peel, grapefruit, onion, and fairly subdued hops. Wow, is this dank! I think it's the dankest State of the Art variant so far. Lots of onion and tart lemon and grapefruit up front but as the glass warms there's a hint of bready malt. The feel is fairly light and crisp with pleasant carbonation and an easy-drinking 7% ABV. This is remarkably good. Think a lighter, crisper, lower ABV version of Waldos' or Nimble Giant. I think Industrial Arts has a winning formula here!