Blindman Brewing West Coast Double IPA – American IPA at 8.1% ABV | 65 IBU (C$6.30 at Collective, 473 ml, packaged on 3-Jun-2024, acquired 10-Jul-2024, reviewed 12-Jul-2024)
Appearance: clear pale amber with one fat finger of fine pale ivory head, excellent retention and well-defined soapy lacing. (5/5) Aroma: resiny pine, citrus, caramel. (8/10) Taste: moderate sweet, moderate-high bitter. (8/10) Palate: medium body, moderate carbonation, building bitter mildly warming finish. (4/5)
Old-school verging on old-fashioned – it wouldn’t have felt out of place during the early oughts – but masterfully executed. To the extent I have any criticisms at all here, they’re very nit-picky: primarily I think it could have been a bit bombastic, but as it is it’s very much a crushable DIPA, oxymoronic as that may seem. Very much an example of why I love WCDIPAs. (16/20)
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