Sweet Leaf IPA
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant

Light golden color.
Aroma with predominant notes of mango.
Flavor with notes of pine, resin, grapefruit, some tangy and mango. Quite dry and bitter aftertaste.
Light body with appropriate carbonation.
Tangy, resiny with lots of grapefruit American IPA.

A thanks to the founder of the canquest, woodychandler, for this beer. Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of citrus, light tropical fruits. Taste is citrus, pine, moderate bitterness. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a decent beer.

 

Iron Hill Brewery "Sweet Leaf IPA"
16 fl. oz. can coded "MASTER OF REALITY CANNED ON 03/23/2214:59"
$3.29 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ

Notes via stream of consciousness: It's poured a lightly hazy golden body beneath a full head of white foam. The aroma is surprisingly limited for an IPA but there are some mild citrusy notes over a lightly grainy malt base. The taste is a lot better with a sweetish, grainy, and lightly bready malt base that's threaded through with floral, citrusy, and otherwise tropical fruit notes. A solid bitterness back it and it finishes dry with some muddled tropical fruits lingering. In the mouth it's medium bodied leaning to the fuller side, and gently crisp. All in all I feel that this is a decent, basic IPA that's got a good balance of sweetish golden malt and fruity hops against a solid bitterness. Considering what's going on with IPAs these days that's nothing special, but why does every beer have to be over the top? I'll take a nicely balanced and highly drinkable IPA any day of the year.
Review #8,142

16 ounce can poured into a tulip glass. Canned on 12/13/21, so good enough for me.

L---Crystal clear, medium gold color. Fluffy white head faded slowly down to a cap and left good lacing.

S---Citrus hops dominate the aroma. Grapefruit & some lesser tropical fruit. A little bit of pine as advertised, too.

T---Hoppy bitterness upfront. Some pine and citrus.

F---Medium bodied with decent carbonation. A touch resinous.

O---A nice one from a trusted local brewery. I'd get this again.

 

 

 

 

 

I like the translucent golden amber body and resilient finger of cream colored head to start. I appreciate the pine and resin heavy nose and also detect a waft of booze underneath everything. The flavor brings a ton of chewy, resiny pine and some nutty roasted malt tones as partial but incomplete balance. A bit one dimensional but its not a bad dimension I guess. Would try another from this brewer.

 

Nearly translucent and copper-amber in its color, a pint can has emptied into a clear glass Imperial pint mug. There's not much of a white head, but what is there endures. Well carbonated, which probably assists its delivery of a nice IPA aroma with some malt and yeast along with hops, both citrusy and piney. The ale leaves some pretty lacing inside the glass. Not very malt forward, instead it's a good visit to hoppy flavors. There's some earthiness not picked up by the nose and the finish is light, clean and bitter.

 

 

L: Pours a clear golden color with a 2ish finger head and significant lacing

S: Hoppy and Boozy. A hint of citrus and melon but the nose is the only real drawback on this brew

T: Very bitter upfront with pleasant hop and melony citrus flavors coming in during the middle of each sip. Some alcohol warming and tingle on the tongue follows and finishes with a nice juicy bitterness which lingers for a few minutes. Very solid a bit boozy flavored for a 7.1%

F: Medium bodied with some alcohol tingles that dance on the tongue.

O: Solid AIPA would procure again

 

Golden yellow in color with perfect clarity. Poured with a moderate, bright white foam with medium retention. Medium herbal and floral hop aromas with over ripe pineapple notes and medium maltiness beneath. Medium bodied with medium light carbonation. Light creamy smoothness through the middle with pleasant warmth near the end. Herbal hio flavors with light floral notes beneath. Medium high hop bitterness through the middle. Medium malty flavors with light caramel notes. Pine hop bitterness from the middle to the end with prickly  bitterness and booziness at the end. Finished wit caramel malt notes and lingering herbal and pine hop bitterness. Well balanced with somewhat pungent pine hop bitterness that tends to overwhelm the overall hop character. 

16oz can into a pint glass, courtesy of Mike Kiehner's recent visit to one of the Iron Hills.

Looks nice in the glass. Good amber colored body with generous white head leaving nice lacing.

Piney, resinous aroma.

This beer is REALLY bitter tasting. you get used to it later in the drink as it warms, but it's pretty jarring initially.

Mouth a little above medium, finish bitter.

Overall, a one and done beer for me. doubt i could handle more than that due to the bitterness level.