Fair State Party Forward Hazy IPA

Fair State Party Forward Hazy IPA. 6% ABV. 20 IBU.
Fair State Brewing Cooperative, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN.

Another Hazy IPA? Yup. There's no end to them. Seems there's nothing but hazy, everywhere you look. (A quick look at the stats on this blog show that I've tagged 76 posts with the term "hazy" and 13 of them are just this year.)

And Fair State feels fairly confident about this one, enough to announce it as a new year-round core beer. Or a flagship, or whatever you want to call them. It's about time I gave it a try already, right? Right.

Oh, it's hazy, all right. And bright golden, with a thin white head on top.

In the nose: Typical fuzz, murk, mystical haze, fogging up the hop presence. Citrusy notes loom below the clouds.

In the mouth: At turns bright and fuzzy. A morass of murkiness in the mouth. That's what the kids dig these days. Decent amount of hoppiness, slight, ever-so slight bitterness, mostly vague citrus flavors, a slice of pine, and whispering wisps of tropical tones.

Okay, moving along it's getting sweeter and creamier. Lighter bodied, easier drinking, hits all the right notes for the hazy IPA. A good drinker, sure to please many. I can see what they're going for with this, and I wish them success with it.

Some beers are malt forward, some are hop forward, this one is PARTY FORWARD. A hazy IPA brewed with lemongrass and Citra hops, for extra fruitiness, crushability, and fun.