Modist Knees In the Breeze West Coast IPA

Modist Knees In the Breeze West Coast IPA. W/ Pale Ale Malts, Wheat Malt, Hopped & Dry Hopped w/ Simcoe, Citra & Cryo El Dorado. 

Modist Brewing, Minneapolis, MN. 

Clear, amber/golden hue (not quite as bright as I'd like from the style), with  cap of creamy head. 

In the nose: Citrus notes, mixed with slightly sweet malt character. Delightfully hoppy, but missing the mark for style. 

In the mouth: Bitterness grabs the palate at first sip, then fades off for a spell. Juicy fruit sensations cavort among the senses, spill their goodness about, and leave a slight stain. Bitterness returns for a minute, but it is far short of what you'd want in a West Coast, and this certainly lacks the dryness you're looking for. 

Once again, a brewery that regularly traffics in the hazies puts out a new beer and calls it a West Coast IPA, but it is nothing of the sort. It's just an IPA, guys, a regular ol' American IPA. If you call it that, it's a good one.  Just being clear, though, and having some, but not much bitterness, does not a West Coast IPA make. 

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