This one's another one from the single hop collection based on the Stella hop. It's billed as an IPA at a low 4.8%, with max hops and mid malt according to the label.
It's got a big fruity aroma right off the bat - putting me in mind of LC's bright ale almost, but the taste behind it is far more spicy and the aftertaste puts me in mind of powder. It's like chalk and, well, flowers.
It's dry throughout, this - you go in expecting sweetness but it plays a straighter bat on that front than a stalwart heyday Jason Gillespie. There's standard opacity, a powdery ephemeral white head, and reasonable lacing. There's bitterness there alongside the astringent ash flavour if you hunt for it.. but a quite remarkable lack of anything else, especially given the nose.
I'm unsure what to rate this. On the one hand it's another interesting example of a single hop product. But then it doesn't fix my itch for an ipa, it's not particularly quenching due to the astounding dryness, and it's not complex enough to make up for the lack of satisfaction elsewhere. 5.5
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