Rocky River Hop-a-Long Cascady IPA

Sample @ brewpub: One of the standout beers here from what I tasted. Pours an amber color with a thick frothy head. Medium-bodied and drinkable, this has a citrus hopped character. A bit buttery (as I have noticed in some of their other beers as well) but bitter enough to be an IPA.

This is a very good beer. Clear amber body with a good head. Huge citrus and a touch of juniper. Nice pale malt backbone with a touch of sweetness balances otu the hops nicely. Lingering bitterness.

On tap at the brew pub. Deep golden color with a creamy off-white head. Nice lacing. Deliciously fresh cascade hop nose. Tons of red grapefruit and orange rind flavors with some apple sauce and a peppery spiciness. The mouthfeel makes you realize the difference that the process of bottling makes. Nice drinking beer.

Just enjoyed a few of these over dinner yesterday; the previous post is about the most descriptive I’ve ever encountered (I would have never thought of "vitamin c pills disintegrating in the mouth") so I’ll just say that there’s a super fresh hoppy aroma (akin but not as strong as Bell’s Hopslam) that made my mouth water. At only 5.5%, I could even enjoy a few without winding up face down in my uber-delicious mac and cheese.

Semi-hazed and caramel orange in color with a creamy, tan-tinted head capping most of the top space. Bitter American cascades linger in the nose with dandelions caught by honey, along with a touch of sugar saturated marigolds and lemon grass. Stark oranges meet a brisk flavor bitterness, encountering Vitamin C pills disintegrating in the mouth. Enzymes of orangey-tropical persuasions are in abundance. Some pulpy manifestations are the heir apparents, but the bitterness is piercingly dry without much of a caramel cushion to aid the pushing. Medium-bodied, with candied tangerine tongue sprits leaving a cotton mouth afterlife of lickspittle orange pulp in its final hour.