Seismic Sunset
Ladd & Lass Brewing

Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a lightly hazy, medium golden amber with a two finger white head with great retention and solid lacing. Aroma of lightly caramel malt, citrus and mildly piney hops, orange, mixed tropical fruit and pine. Flavor is pale malt, citrus and piney hops, lemon, light mixed tropical fruit, pine needles and a little dankness. Flavor tapers off into the finish which has moderate bitterness. Medium bodied with light to moderate creaminess. A fairly modern take on the West Coast IPA style, with pale malt and the expected citrus and pine profile. There is also some tropical fruit and the soft hop herbalness that has become popular. A slight haziness and softness to the alpha oils leans to the current taste for flavor hops over bitterness. I liked the hop bill in this one, but the finish seemed dialed back to appeal to hazy IPA drinkers. Nicely brewed and I'll be trying more from this local brewery.