Blue Point Hoptical Illusion

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

bottle. orange with a medium head and good lacing. Aroma is of big citrus hops, taste is of sweet citrus, with a lasting slightly bitter finish. pretty decent ipa.

This brew is courtesy of my bro,FootBalm.What better way to end such a nice warm day then to do a short IPA marathon.Nice aroma of grapefruit and pine.The flavor comes off real well as grapefruit and hops,a slight buttery thing going on there but mostly in how it coats the pallate.Very nice brew and well worth trying a few more some time.

bottle-thanks to vyvvy for the sample. pours light orange with a small beige head around the rim of the glass. nose are citric with lots of floral hops, but somewhat soft. flavros are citric and light pale malts. really doenst have catch to it-pretty straight forward. this seems to be a delicate beer which should be sampled when very fresh. lots of subtle flavors, but hard to pinpoint what exactly. Maybe i will try it again.

Bottled version now in MD. Sparkling gold, thick rocky white head. Very fresh wet hop nose with pine, spruce, and citrus dominating. Slight earthy hop tones noted as well. The flavor is all hops, unbalanced, but never too bitter in any aspect. A small malt sweetness appears at the finish to round this off. Medium bodied, soft, smooth carbonation, drying hoppy finish. Extremely drinkable and a nice effort from the boys on (best NY accent) LooongGiland...

Bottle thanks to Bu11zeye. The smell is pineapple, hops, citrus, and some malts. The look is golden to orange in color with a light white head. The taste is light malts, hops, caramel, ok.

bottle thanks to bu11zeye. light yellow pour with a rocky white head. nose of grapefruits, malts and esters. good on the palate with a smooth hop flavor with no bitterness.

Filtered, transparent and glowing pale copper in color with a dense, fluffy and orange-tinted sponge about 2/3" thick for the head. Aroma speaks of cleansing agents and gummy prowess. Sticky caramel cubes, citric tropical oranges, spring rain on grass fields, burlesque pineapple and grapefruit summer coolers. Flavor gives recognition to the tropical ambivalence. Papaya and ripe oranges bring us to a retired fruit basket, interjected with a sense of V8 splash properties to keep the bitterness at pay. Some aluminum can reverb taints oranges, and transitions to pineapple bubble gum and grapefruit rind. Idle caramel and toffee linger calmingly. Body vanishes rapidly on the palate, along with honed carbonation and a general reluctance to fully introduce itself to the entire mouth. Everything’s antiquated, leaving sweet bready ideals in the finish with barely any note of bitterness. A decent pale ale, no more. Thanks for the bottle, tpkenned!

Poured goldenj yellow with a thin white head. Hoppy aroma with mild dough. One dimensional flavor that’s all hops. Light chlorine finish. Could use a little malt to sweeten it up a bit.