"Brewed on the Northwest Coast", "From the Heart of the RedWoods", 7% Alcohol by Volume.
Hazy, pale golden color, nice, flush white head, stalwart, slowly, but surely diminishing.
Aroma: spicy, citric, hoppy nose, pungent garpefrit, and peach pits, orange zest, and pineapple pulp, a little sour, and very tangy. very lively.
Those flavors return in the taste, but are accompanied by a slight sourness, an outsized citric twist on the palate, a little too unlean for me. Medium-bodied, with a big blast on first entry, a rounded fruity flavor, then thinning some, but not losing any of the bitterness. It rides long and zestily in the mouth, before eventually fading away. Long, fruity, bitter finish.
Very likable, this one, milder in the hop delivery than I like in my IPAs, but you can't please everyone. This ought to please plenty of folks just fine, and, heck, I like it a bit, too!
Eight plus years later, I have to say I was harsh on this one. It probably came from a trade, and was perhaps lacking luster through the travel. This fresh, new to market bottle tastes terrific, none of that sourness reported in that older bottle are found, and I feel only beer snobs of the highest order would turn this away. Just a nice, flavorful, refreshingly bitter, but easily drinkable IPA. World needs them more than ever these days.
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