New Holland Mad Hatter Ale

Orangey color with a modest head. There is nothing that really jumps out at me with the flavor. Notable bitter centennial hop presence but it is rather subdued. I am led to believe that rather than adding a lot of malt to balance out the hops they just added fewer hops which is at odds with the hoppy description the brewer provides. Mild almost to the point of being an american pale ale. Regardless, still a decent IPA.

Draught at Capital Ale House, Richmond, VA, #391   Hazy golden pour with a small head and good lacing. Flowery aroma and flavor. Significanctly less hoppy than advertised. Good IPA overall, but a bit dry.

12oz bottle. Pours light orange/yellow with a thin, semi-creamy, white head, good lace. Smells malty and nutty hoppy. Tastes more hoppy than it smells. Still nutty, some sweet caramelly malt flavor and a bit of bitterness. Medium body, somewhat subdued carbonation.

Bottled on 10/6. Poured lighter orange-tinted golden with a shorter, well-retained cap of off-white. The aroma was just delightful.. juicy grapefruit, floral notes, and piney hoppage over sweet grapefruit meat and bready notes.. very well presented. The flavor was good but a notch or 2 below the nose.. orange and pils-like bready sweetness at the core surrounded by pine and sticky citrus bitterness.. finished dry and quite bitter with more citrus and pine. Medium-bodied and increasingly bitter on the palate with great balance throughout.. this was mighty, mighty good!

Light hazed orange, thin off-white fizzy head. Light toasted piney earth and floral nose warms to a sweet caramel undercurrent. Soft bitter dried citrus flavors with no semblance of balancing malt. Light bodied, medium carbonation, quick drying bitter finish. Lacks refinement…