Fredericksburg XIPA

Brewed by Fredericksburg Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Fredericksburg, Texas USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Another buttery IPA disaster. Sweet butter and creamy vanilla dominate the nose, almost moldy smelling at time, but to be fair it wasn’t too bad - a little butter or cream sometimes in an IPA is nice. This one is OK at best, but still drinkable. Palate is expectedly dry and bitter, with a lack of malt presense really, any sweetness being bittersweet dry hop oils. Flavors of rye and wheat compliment the sharp grassy hops. Appearance is a dark murky yellow and orange color, really a good looking beer but I can’t say it’s a winner taste-wise.

I had this freshly brewed and it was super hopped! I could almost chew them. Great brew though. Loved it enough to get a growler.

Hazy orange with decent head. Citrus hoppy flavors dominate, with a resiny bitterness overpowering malty sweetness in the back. Bitter, but not harshly bitter, 100 IBU’s I’m told, and seems higher than 7.4%.