Tröegs Scratch 62

Served on-tap at the brewery. A - Pours clear golden orange with a nice one finger tall white head, dissipating down to nothing at all, leaving light lace down the top of the glass. S - Smells of light citric hops, caramel, toffee, pine needles and some dulled spicy yeast. The grains start to take over as it sits in the glass. T - Starts off with quite a bit of sweet grain, plenty of caramel and toffee right away. Once the initial sweetness passes the citric hops really kick in but it is such a short time that it is almost a tease. Plenty of hop bitterness in the finish, combining with the grains to linger on the pallet long after consumption. M - Grainy feel initially with growing hop bitterness the rest of the way. Smooth body with moderate carbonation round things out. O - Another interesting IPA from the scratch series. I am not the biggest fan of summit hops but they are nice to try every now and then. I won’t be rushing back for more but I would never turn another down.