Anyway this is a beer you easily chug down, a six pack would go in no time at all. The low bitterness makes it feel a bit like a very fruity APA. This is basically what you want in a session IPA, lots of flavour and fruit. There’s no alcohol taste or warming and the aftertaste is medium lasting and leaves plenty of fruity sweetness. The malts add a light bready sweetness or maybe a light cake. It’s very fruity and refreshing with a bit of dank green plant flavour but the bitterness is very restrained for an IPA which makes it very easy to drink (enhanced also by the quite low carbonation) hence, perhaps, the throwback epithet. This beer is all about hop flavours rather than bittering aspects of hops. The carbonation is just about right, maybe slightly lower than the average and it feels soft, light and crisp in the mouth. There’s some sweet, bready malts as a foundation but hops are dominant but not aggressive. Perhaps it’s true about cans being able to maintain hop qualities for longer than bottles. Fresh and juicy oranges and grapefruit, some passionfruit and mango along with some green and viney plant aroma, which is both refreshing and appetizing. Lots of sweet and ripe fruit from first sniff. It’s clear and transparent but slightly dull and is a pale amber in colour and has quite a few bubbles. This has a dry, biscuit malt flavor that balances nicely with a variety of hoppy, fruit flavors. Pours a slightly hazy, lemon gold color with a frothy head. It pours with a nice two-finger, flat, even, soft and downy white head and has average retention. While Oskar Blues labels this an IPA, its really a session IPA at 4.9 ABV and a light, easy to drink flavor. So, here’s another session IPA which is still stronger than most English bitters, maybe soon they’ll invent light session beers. This entry was posted in IPA's on Decemby 2hopheads.Info: Session IPA, Longmont, CO, USA, ABV4.9, IBU35Īt first, I thought the “throwback” in this beer’s name meant it was a retro IPA, maybe an old English IPA or a 90’s style US IPA, but I now realise it’s most likely because it’s a beer which is easy to throw back or chug. We like these session IPA’s but really….let’s be honest who wouldn’t rather a big, dank double IPA instead?! The perfect drop to accompany a spicy Thai dish or a long arvo in the hot summer sun. Very clean, very bang-able, very versatile, light and refreshing. The 35 IBU forms late in the mid as it punctuates with a mild biscuity malt beneath a zingy citric overtone in the finish. Again, keeping with the character of the beer, the flavour is snappy, light and refreshing with an emphasis on citrus fruits, peach and a hint of grassy hop. ![]() It’s all about the perfect amount of Co2 here, without it the texture would most surely be too thin and slippery. Similar to the aroma the mouth feel is also super light, crisp and accommodating. It has a real resemblance to Ballast Point’s Grunion Pale Ale – hop forward but still light, clean and refreshing. It hints at summer stone fruits and mango while the subtle malt backing provides a balance with savoury notes of rice crackers and biscuits. The aroma is really light and crisp with a good dose of citrus and slightly spicy hops. The head retains quite well as it dispenses a thick and blotchy lace down the walls of the glass. Slightly hazy golden in appearance with a healthy two finger crown. It’s the perfect beer for a little sip, sip, give.” With tropical fruits, citrus juices, pineapple and spice berry up front in the aroma and flavor, the biscuit
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