BluCreek Zen IPA

Pours a murky, copper/orange/brown, with a fizzy body, but almost no head despite this - it kind of looks like carbonated green tea, ironically enough - a bit of bready malt in the aroma, with some herbal hops, chalky character, and honey sweetness - the green tea is fairly apparent in the flavor, even more so than the hops - some doughy british maltiness and dry mineral character arrive later - it tastes like someone dropped a shot of green tea into an english bitter - it’s original, but not very good.

pour is hazed orangey amber with a huge bubbled explosive almost, off white head...smell is faintly herbal and grassy...explosive fizzy carbonation...taste is lightly sweet with hints of grass and pine....not very good...

Cloudy with a lot of suspended yeast. Very unusual for an IPA. Difficult to find aroma of yeast with even more difficult to find IPA aromas. Flavors are unique with the green tea adding distinct dry bitterness that differs from that of the hop. There is orange and lemon aid. This is a dry beer. Very little carbonation. Seemed to numb the tongue like before dental work. A very different kind of beer. Fun to sample.

12 oz bottle: Pours like a cloudy iced tea with a thin white cap that lets you know this indeed beer. The hops are soft in the nose, adding a citrusy zip to the heavy tea notes. The body is thick with little carbonation. The tea takes over everythings else, letting a touch of sweet caramel and orangey hops come through. The bitterness is too low for the style, making this more of a sweet tea than anything else. I commend the brewer for trying something new. It is interesting, but not something I would drink often.

A unique brew to say the least, Green tea was wierd at first. Pours a bright clear copperish colour, medium sized beige head. Aroma is of green tea (duh) lemon and soft piney hops. Flavor is noticeable of green tea as well, with a little spice and subtle hop finish.