9.5 % ABV, 35 IBU.
New Image Brewing, Arvada, CO.
Here's another that arrived as a gift from Dave, a first from this Colorado brewery.
Hazy as she goes. Bright orange coloring. Sizable ivory head atop.In the nose: Grassy, citric fruity, slightly sweet.
In the mouth: Juicy and bitter at once when it lands on the palate. Tropical fruit, a hint of stone fruit, and the usual citrus. There's a bit of a tug of war between bitter and sweet. Sweet wins out in the end, with bitter just hanging below it. Medium bodied and easily-drinking. Yeast character threatens to dominate from time to time.
All in all, a tasty ale that fits the New England IPA profile with gusto. My first from this brewery. Hope to try more some day.
Although I am going to have to do a little bit of research on this. I have never heard of a "hop terpene" before. Apparently, they're only being talked about and used in Colorado, that I know of. Here's something I grabbed off of the internets: "Terpenes are naturally occurring hydrocarbon chains found in all organisms. These hydrocarbons are made up of building blocks of five carbon chains known as isoprenes (isoterpenes, C5H8). Terpenes are important in brewing for their role in hops, specifically, but not isolated to, their presence in hop essential oils. These comprise between 0.5% and 3% of the total hop weight. Terpenes in essential oils are broken down into three types of compounds—hydrocarbons (50%–80%), oxygenated hydrocarbons (20%–50%), and hydrocarbons that contain chemically bound sulfur (1%). The relative concentrations of these can be used to identify different hop varieties."
Okay, that's interesting.
Hop Terpene IPA dry hopped with Strata terpenes
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