Hazed up. Murky golden hue, slimmed down ivory head.
In the nose: creamy, milky, fruity. Slightly tropical fruit up in this nose. Very pineapple-y.
Mild, almost non-existent bitterness.
In the mouth: Milky, creamy, sweet and fruity. Just like in the nose, and now it's on the tongue. Tasty, for sure. But, but....Stop calling these "IPA", if you're trying to destroy the thing that makes IPA IPA. If you're draining away, or replacing the bitterness, you're steering away from an IPA. Called it a milkshake ale, unless you're trying to lure people in with the name.
Come to think of it, this and the New England style makes me wonder if there's a class of people that were only ordering IPAs because they thought that was the cool thing to do, and didn't really want to drink a beer with such bitterness. I think so, I really do.
Cream, fruit, not a lot of hops. If that's your thing, it's a good one. Everybody, though: drop the IPA from your labels. It's tremendously misleading. I'm not getting a smidgen of what I expect or want from an IPA. None of these milkshake thingies are IPAs, at all.
Otherwise, I guess it's pretty good.
A Milkshake IPA made with Super Galena hops plus lactose, orange, and vanilla. Tastes mostly like an orange creamsicle, but it's also a beer. The brew house is a little ol' place where we can drink together.
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