Durango IPA

On draft. Clear medium gold with a bright white head that settles to a thin cap. Big pine leads the nose, with a firm layer of crackery malt below. There’s decent complexity to the hop component with some citric, herbal notes that come out with time. A bit thinner than expected in the mouth. Decent malt, but not enough to balance the bitterness that’s there. It’s good to see an IPA that carries a good amount of bitterness, but there needs to be more balance than this for me. Flavors are pretty simple and linear, but very clean. Mouthfeel comes across a bit fizzy due to the lack of malt. It’s a good beer, and fine for a session, but not my favorite.

Bottle/Durango Colorado. Not much else to be said here that hasn’t already been touched on. Good IPA from a great city in Colorado.

Head is initially small, frothy, off-white, mostly diminishing. Body is dark yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly to moderately hoppy (flowers, grapefruit). Flavor is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Light to medium body, watery texture, soft/lively carbonation. Exceptionally bland, but not terrible.

Bottled. Beer pours a murky medium brown-orange color without any head. The aroma is moderately malty with notes of toasted grain, light notes of caramel; Hoppy with a light-to-moderate note of resin/pine, light note of apricot; Yeasty with a trace note of dough; Trace of winter spices. The flavor is lightly sweet, lightly bitter, with a long, lightly bitter finish. The body is light, the texture is watery and the carbonation is lively.

Bottle. Clear copper, white head with big bubbles. Aroma is malt, light minty hops. Tast e is bitter hops, slight metallics. Watery body. Finish is bitter, off. Meh.