It's an okay night for a session IPA. Typically, I like the alcohol bite of an IPA or the smooth alcohol wave of a DIPA, but the night is young, and I am not. So, I think I will just sit down and enjoy all the flavor with little of the inebriation that a normal IPA can bring when imbibed with particular alacrity. These beers are often referred to as "crushable" by a certain sector of the population, and the label seems appropriate.
The hazy beer has a much more brassy color than I was anticipating. I don't know why I expected more of a murky yellow beer, but I really did. The suds erupted out of the beer as soon as I cracked the seal, and they were pretty resilient while I got everything in position to take the picture on this page. The aroma is more malty than hoppy, but the citrus seems to seep through the biscuit malt.First sip is okay. It doesn't appear to be that crushable, but it has gobs of flavor. The flavor is heavy with fruits and that biscuit malt, and it ... kind of detracts from the crushing experience. BUT that was my expectation, and it should not reflect poorly on the beer. The fact is, it is bitter with a little hidden sweetness, that heavy malt, and those sections of fruit. It's decent.
Tip-in is sweet and tart with tangerines, apricot, oranges, and that heavy malt with carbonation just barely a tickle. The middle washes over the mouth with bitterness that attaches to the fruits while the malt goes a little off - like moldy bread. The finish is a sharper bitterness with the echoes of fruit rinds trailing off.
Bottom Line: It's fine, but it could be better.
2.25/5