
First sip is pretty good. The malt is keeping the bitterness at bay while the orange, lemon, and mango hops are going their thing to the whole dang mouth. It's nice enough, but it is like sucking on the peel of some new, strange tropical fruit. Maybe a swig will help.
Tip-in is a LOT more malt than I had tasted before. It's a kind of doughy malt, and it is starting this off pretty well. As the middle comes, we switch to the hops with their citrus and kind of caustic nature scraping the top of the mouth, but the effect isn't bad at all. The finish is a wave of tartness followed by a more rind bitterness.
Bottom Line: Not a bad IPA at all. Definitely better ones out there, but this could fill a niche.
2.75/5
Jeremy's Juxtaposition: Too low grade...3.5