Anchorage Brewing Company Better This Way – American Double / Imperial IPA at 8.4% ABV (C$9.95 at Collective, 473 ml, packaged on 26-Oct-2023, acquired 28-Dec-2023, reviewed 12-Jan-2024)
Appearance: hazy medium gold with two fingers of rocky pale ivory head, good retention and moderate soapy lacing. (4/5) Aroma: melon, tropical & stone fruit, pale malt, resiny pine. (8/10) Taste: moderate-high sweet, moderate-high bitter. (8/10) Palate: medium-full body, moderate carbonation, off-dry medium duration mildly warming finish. (4/5)
Everything here is fine, but just about every category could have been rated a point or so less. For example, the aroma is almost-but-not-quite mild, the taste is just ever-so-slightly unbalanced sweet, and the finish is almost-but-not-quite sticky. All in all, for me it’s just a little less than the sum of its parts, but realistically I can’t go any lower than this. (14/20)
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