3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20Bottle. Pours a hazy gold with a thin head. Great citrus hoppy aroma. Just enough of the hops on the palate but certainly not an overpowering amount. Absolutely can’t wait to drink this on a hot summer day.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle thanks to trade with joromiller! Pours a clear golden brown with bubbly off-white head that dissipates to leave light lacing. Aroma of bready grains, biscuit, grassy and pine hops. Taste is pretty much all malts with a font of floral hops. No real bitterness, which definitely makes it easy to drink. For the abv it had more flavor than I’d expect.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle sample at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Thanks zvikar. Hazy amber. Hoppy orange aroma, dry bitterness and a little citrus, hoppy finish, medium body.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a very clear golden color - not as dark as typical IPA. Great nose - floral, fresh, piney. Taste is grapefruit, citrus, very mild hops. Less bitter than most IPAs, but this is a really good, easy drinking beer.
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3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Fresh, piney, herbal hops on the aroma — very gentle and, again, super fresh. The taste is gently bitter, with all the hop aromatics coming to play, creating a sweet, very green cocktail of pine cones, pineapple, mango, and herbal elements. Not super assertive, but as a result very drinkable and refreshing. Solid, spritzy palate with decent carbonation. A tad watery towards the end. All in all, an incredibly sessionable beer. Midway between an APA and an IPA perhaps, but I like that.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz. bottle, thanks to joromiller! Pours a clear amber color with a thick, fluffy white head. Aroma is mild, but hoppy. Taste is crisp, hoppy, citrusy, nice malt balance with a slight hop bitterness in the finish. Overall, nothing out of this world, but definitely a solid, sessionable IPA.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap. Clear amber color with minimal head. Complex malt flavor that evolves through each sip. The finish was a bit heavy on the hop bitterness for my tastes, but other than that it was decent.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Clear amber with a small off-whitish head. The aroma is intensely floral and bready, with notes of tropical fruit, citrus, and resin. The taste is fruity and moderately bitter, but a bit watery. Still, this makes a top notch session ale. Body is light.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. The look is very clear, fizzy off white head, bright golden to orange in color. The smell is grapefruit, orange, fruit, hops, pine, and resin. The taste is bitterness, fruit, peach, resin, pine, and grapefruit.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Bright gold and almost totally clear. Nice sweet resiny nose. Nice full hop profile. A bit watery on the end but the flavors holds on. Nice session beer.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Katy Brewfest. I was skeptical of this one at first because I didn’t believe that a sessionable IPA with low alcohol could still pack in the pine and citrus tones that I love. I was wrong. This was the biggest surprise I’ve had in a long time. It’s so drinkable and smooth, retaining the citrus grapefruity standard that I went back for more, and would drink it regularly if I could. Great job with this one, Founders.
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