Blue Point Hoptical Illusion

Brewed by Blue Point Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Patchogue, New York USA

Bottle. Sweetness, pine, and slight resin aroma, slight lychee and orange with a little funk – great, great hoppy aroma. Grapefruit, too! Hazy orange-golden body with an orange-tinted beige head. Hoppy taste, light-medium bitterness with light breadiness and increasing, REAL grapefruit taste (not the pink stuff they sell off in juice cocktails, but fresh-squeezed), dry with light resin balanced by a subtle sweet hint in the bg. Medium body with a dry, hop-kissed finish. Pleasant surprise!

Bottle. Purchased in Ocean City Maryland. A very nice IPA. Very well balanced, smooth in the mouth and on the finish. Hoppy finish. All the typical IPA characteristics present. Nicely done - try it if you can find it.

Bottle; poured an orange amber with medium white head. Aroma of citrus, pine and caramel. Nice aroma, balanced well. Flavor was similar to the aroma; pretty strong bitterness. Good sessional.

Nice pine citrus smell. Hop bitterness but not too over the top. Very refreshing.

6-pack bought at Brewer’s World, Dumont, NJ...pours hazy orange, barely any head...smell of peach, orange, hops...similar taste with a mild bitterness...thin lacing...quite enjoyable IPA.

This had a very strong hop smell and a lot of flavor, an overall great beer.

Bottle. Has an orange/amber color with a dense one finger head. Aromas are predominantly pine... a bit of a skunk cabbage smell that from time to time is detectable along with some grapefruit. Flavor is fairly heavy on the piney hops and is mostly bitter. That said, there is enough malt to make it mostly enjoyable. Refreshing but could have just a bit more of a malt presence.

Pine and floral hop aroma with some malts mixed in. Clear orange color with some white foam. Starts bitter mellowing in the finish. Slightly chewy palate.