Another trip to Dave's BrewFarm, means another visit to Casanova's in Wisconsin, means more Wisconsin hauls. Which means re-visiting beers I reviewed long ago, but haven't checked into for this particular endeavor. And here he meet Hop Hearty IPA from New Glarus, which I first reviewed on BeerAdvocate, back in April, 2003. I've skimmed away unimportant details, but stuck with the meat of it. Notes, away!
Color is typical clear, reddish hue, with a firm, if smallish, white head.
Nose is sharp, and hot, pine and spruce associations jumping forward. Some citric tones, too, but however you divvy it, it's all hops, baby!
Fresh and bold on the palate, though the finish is a bit too brief, but not unmemorable.
Body's medium, malt back-up is quite good, very substantive.
Very tasty, and very rewarding! Deee-licious! Quite a treat for this card-carrying hophead.
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