Fresh Hops Of Bel Air (Hip Hop IPA Series)
Manayunk Brewery and Restaurant

 

 

A thanks to the creator of the canquest, woodychandler, for this beer. Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a golden/orange color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of citrus, pine, juicy. Taste is resin, minty, pine, citrus, dry at the finish leaving me gasping for air. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall is a solid beer.

Appearance: pours a crystal clear orange color with a 1/2" head that slowly falls. Some lace develops.

Smell: oranges and a floral hop bitterness rise from the glass.

Taste: caramel, oranges, mango, and floral tones are all over this one. Bitterness is moderate.

Mouthfeel: medium bodied beer. Crisp from start to finish. Short lasting aftertaste.

Overall: a very easy to drink IPA that is full of juicy citrus and hop oils.

 

From a can poured into 16oz pints straight glass,poured a 2 finger head w/ small and medium carbonated bubbles.good lacing for the duration of the drink...the color of a cloudy dark amber/orange with a strong smell of resin with a bitter bite of grapefruit easing into citrisey after taste with a ring of mango..slight burn of alcohol on the first sip fading into a warm feel in the throat...OVERALL..a pleasant hippy.. IPA

I have been hitting it hard for the #OktoberfestChallenge2016 but the ones that I have remaining are ones that I have not previously reviewed, making them excellent candidates for tomorrow, New Beer Sunday (Week 609). In the interim, I will peer into the depths of my reefer and see what awaits my attention. Yay, another CAN for The CANQuest (tm)!

From the CAN: "Hip Hop IA Series"; "Drink Local"; "Juicy & Tropical Wheat IPA"; "The Place Where We Drink".

Ah, the roar of the Crack! It almost inspires me to CANduct an inverted Glug, except that I think that I saw somewhere that it is unfiltered. I went with a gentle Glug so as not to rouse any lees that may have settled & it seems to have paid off. Color was solidly Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9) with NE-quality clarity & loads of CO2 bubbles in evidence. Nose smelled like it was pine freshener being dispensed from that aerosol CAN on the label! I was not expecting it & I got a full-on whiff as a result. Phew! Mouthfeel was medium, but silky, on the tongue with a slight alcohol burn. The taste was initially very piney, but a deep breath revealed an underlying grapefruit bitterness. Double phew! Warming, I began to also get the tropical flavors of mango, papaya & guava. Man, this was really rich for an AIPA! I might have defaulted to it being a DIPA, instead, just to give you an indication of how it was drinking. Finish was dry with a fusel alcohol heat that really lingered well past the swallow. The juiciness of the beer was the real take-away, however, with tastes both tropical-sweet and citrus-bitter with a cool menthol feel when inhaling following the swallow. Good stuff!