El Toro IPA

Pours golden with spotty yeast flakes. White, receding head. Floral and piney aroma, with lots of fruit notes. Nose is honey and hops. Pretty decent IPA. Has bite, hits floral notes, nectar like flavor that eludes many IPA’s.

Piney, floral aroma. Poured a slightly cloudy orange with a slight white head. Rich piney flavor with some grapefruit, and a lot of bitterness. Grapefruit more prominant as it warms up. Bitterness lingers a while, and a little astringent, which I don’t consider a good thing. Might pair well with a juicy cut of beef.

Bottle. Pours Amber with orange hues. Aroma is pine, citrus, sweet honey, and some yeast. Flavor has a good malt character then leads to a long acting bitterness on the back of your tongue. this is pretty hop, but i drank it almost room temperature. I think i would have scored it higher colder.

A- Pours a deep orange hue with a hearty 2 finger head that leaves quite a bit of lacing. Few carbonation bubbles present, filtered and clear. S- Smell is faint but dominate in hops. Very piney and possibly a bit overbearing if the nose is any indicator. T- Taste is mainly resiny, piney hops. Very strong bitterness at the end for a normal ipa. I enjoy this beer but it seems like it hides behind the strong hoppiness. M- Semi- thick and very carbonated. I personally prefer beer with a good amount of carbonation but I think this may be a little bubbly for me. D- Because of the huge hop presence and not much else I would say it’s not the most drinkable ipa on the block. It is certainly enjoyable and I would drink it again but it is not my favorite IPA.