Superflux Beer Company Mesa – American IPA at 6.5% ABV (C$6.85 at Collective, 473 ml, packaged on 15-Aug-2024, acquired 9-Oct-2024, reviewed 11-Oct-2024)
Appearance: hazy pale gold with one fat finger of fine white head, excellent retention and well-defined droopy lacing. (4/5) Aroma: tropical fruit, citrus, cereal grains, floral. (8/10) Taste: moderate sweet, moderate bitter. (8/10) Palate: medium body, moderate carbonation, moderate bitter slightly astringent finish. (3/5)
Dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy, and Citra. Smells decent, but almost immediately I got astringency through the finish. On their web site, the brewer indicates they (for some reason) eliminated oats from the malt bill here, and, yeah, I detected that fact immediately. In fact, I strongly suspect some oats would have smoothed this out pretty much perfectly – but as it is, it’s not great. (15/20)
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