21st Amendment Brew Free or Die IPA

21st Amendment Brewery
Brewed at Cold Spring Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
San Francisco, California USA

Picked up a single 12-oz can from Heritage Liquors in Maplewood, MN. Pours a semi-clear golden amber colored brew with a decent off-white head that slowly dissipates and leave behind some nice lacing. Aroma of cascade hops, golden grain malt, and a touch of vegetables. Taste is medium bodied, soft carbonation with flavors of golden grain malt, some grapefruit and lemon zest, a touch of orange juice and floral hops. Finish is very mild bitter that quickly disappears. This is closer to an American Pale Ale than an IPA.

12oz. can: This one pours a slightly hazy orangish-amber color. There is a very small off-white head on it, but it leaves some lacing. The aroma is pretty typical of a good IPA: I get an evenly balanced shot of grapefruit and pine hops. Pretty much all hops to the taste. Pine and citrus. Fairly bitter. It is good, but could be a bit better balanced with the malts. Still, a great beer in a can!

Can:   Deep amber, at least fairly dark, strong carbonation, large finely bubbled head with nice retention and lacing.   Sweet hoppy nose, a little dank.   Some powdered sugar aspects.   Flowery, hoppy, but not really that bitter.   Decent sweet malt base. Almost seems more like a bigger American Pale Ale.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Clean finish, sweet citrusy hops.   Probably one of the sweeter hopped up beers I have ever had.   A little mealy as it warms, but its minor.   Good stuff, sweeter and less hoppy than most.

Super hoppy flavor. First time I had it out of a can I was shocked by the bold flavor. It is a really nice balanced IPA with some nice citrusy flavors that come out here and there. A great IPA.

12 oz can from Princeton’s. Orangish colored pour with a foamy head with excellent lacing. Orange/citrus hoppy aroma. Flavor is more of the same. Nice and hoppy without being too bitter. Smooth finish. Excellent beer.

Almost clear amber with a big head that fades rather quickly... big hoppy aroma that has a metallic paint like odor, but i was at a bar and the beer was in one of those coors light glasses where the mountains turn blue... watery body, metallic, lively, grassy finish, average in most ways...

Can, murky orange with the most horiffic pin head sized floaties - quite offputting. Some head, orange, pine and some menthol in the aroma. Quite hot, big hops, full on bitterness. Nice, and Im sure its a good beer but just another super hopped US IPA...?

Poured yellow/orange with off white head. Nose of grassy and slight citrus hops, tastes of grassy and citrusy hops as well with a little bitter on the end. Overall a decent session, not amazingly strong in any flavor.