Badger Hill Traitor IPA

Badger Hill Traitor IPA. They've made a lot of hay with that strange choice of a name. I'll clue you in on it later. (Once again, I write at home, with no internet. Later, I log on and look in, and share it with you. That's how we do it.) For now, let's read the label: "A Dastardly ale." Alc. 7% by Vol. "What's in this brew? Pale ale malt, lots and lots of American and Aussie hops. IBU: 70"

Now we open, and pour:

The copy at left was written in 2014, but the picture above is from
2019. The photo is far superior to the one of 5 years ago.

Clear, amber-hued, milky-white head of foam atop.

Aroma: A fruity melange, with a side dose of bitterness. Pineapple and mango butts up against grapefruit and lemon. Likeable.

Taste: It's doing it. A bittersweet affair all the way, juicy, piney, pleasingly hoppy right out of the gate. Fruit is prominent, and malt is helping out all the way. Really nice blend and balance. Flavor hangs in hard, last long on the palate. Medium body, long, bittersweet finish.

I like this one. Will it make me betray other IPAs I'd favored in the past? Maybe. Or, maybe it's just one of many, many, many IPAs in the USA.