Sticky Hands: Crosby Cuts
Block 15 Brewing - Southtown Tap Room

Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a light to medium golden amber with a three finger white head with great retention and thick lacing. Aroma of pale malt with light caramel, citrus and dank hops, berries, lemon, orange and dankness. Flavor follows, with citrus and dank hops, red berries, mixed tropical fruit, tangerine, lemon and dank herbs. Moderately bitter finish with citrus rind and bong water. Medium bodied with light creaminess. The flavor profile leans to the mixed tropical and citrus fruit of NE style IPAs, but adds some nice dank character and finishes with a satisfying bitterness. This is really a winning hop bill with lots of interesting fleeting fruit flavors. One of my favorite varietal series of IPAs and I hope that this one comes back again.

Look: Semi-clear rich yellow with a frothy white head that explodes on the pour and finishes as a pillow, leaving great lacing behind as it slowly recedes
Aroma: Cannabis, powdered sugar-coated strawberries, blueberries, sweet orange, lemon-lime, and wafts of rich bready malt
Taste: Mixed berries and citrus fruits some on strong and quickly joined by waves of Cannabis-like terpenes – mainly skunk, diesel, and some tropical fruit. Morphs somewhat into a citrus and slightly tropical fruit-led middle before dank and malt return to close it out
Mouthfeel: Full, a little slick, medium-high carbonation, and a good bite and medium dryness on the finish
Overall: This is a tasty variant of a beer I already enjoy a lot. As a sucker for hops that bring ‘dank’ notes to the table, I figured I’d like this twist of the original and I did. If you like Sticky Hands and Cannabis flower flavors/aromas, pick this one up – it’s a winner