Sticky Hands - Solar Flare
Block 15 Brewing - Southtown Tap Room

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 caramel malt, citrus and dank hops, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, light dankness and pine. Flavor is lightly caramel malt, citrus, dank and piney hops, orange, lemon, grapefruit, light mixed tropical fruit, pine needles and and some catty dankness. Medium bodied with moderate creaminess; nice mouth feel. Whoa, this is a fresh tasting IPA despite sitting in the fridge for a few weeks. Stellar fresh citrus flavors with the aroma very estery, like the old faux orange drink Tang. Kind of a busy flavor profile with citrus leading, but nice pine, mixed fruit and dankness. Somehow it all comes together in a flavorful whole. This is one of my favorite IPA releases in its native form, and this is at the top of my list for the variants. I actually stopped reviewing after a few sips and went out to look to see if more was available. Sticky Hands doesn't last long around town and this one is long gone and for good reason. Hope to see this again.

 

 

Canned 10/31, so just rhree weeks old. Dankness galore, resinous, piney with a strong hint of mango. An unfiltered amber haze serves up a taste treat blast of hops which linger on the tongue for a good while. Some booze hotness creeps in at the finish (8.1% ABV) but it's quite tolerable. As the glass warms, expect fuller flavors to come out. Mouthfeel has a viscous quality.

A nice add to the "Sticky Hands" brand.

Hazy looking. Very dank on the nose. Taste is lemon balm with some darkness. Lemon dank finish. Less spice than the regular sticky. Very crushable.