OK. this is a really kick ass IPA! The beer is a perfect example of what an American IPA should taste like. It has a fantastic balance of malt and hop harmony. Huge bouquet! Aroma is very floral and piny from obvious dry hopping. The smell reminds me of camping in the Colorado mountains in the summer. Unfiltered straw color with a creamy head. Taste is like grapefruit with a dash of sugar. This beer is a great session IPA. I knocked back a six with a buddy very easily!

This is a great IPA. Nice caramel amber in colr with a thick frothy white head. Aroma of citrus and pine. The flavor is well balanced between the caramel malts and citric hops. Warm and creamy mouthfeel with a crisp finish. Tasty. Thanks Adam.

12oz bottle from The Lighthouse in Manchester. Pours a hazy/murky golden-orange body with a good inch of off-white head that leaves a fair bit of lacing as it dissipates. Smells grapefruity, pithy, and piney. Tastes orangey, grapefruity, and pithy. Slight hint at malt toward the finish. Medium to full bodied with a generous amount of carbonation. Pretty drinkable. A solid IPA and definitely a good one for those who like citrusy hops.

On tap at Benno’s. Hazy, almost cloudy-looking amber body. Hard to tell because of the dim lights. Full-sized creamy off-white head. Aroma is hard to tell, but there is some rindy pine and caramel in there. Taste has sweet resiny pine and grapefruit. A full load of hops in every mouthfull. Seems to be very sweet after a while... a lot of caramel malt, and some tropical fruit notes. Full body and sticky, but like I said, perhaps a bit sweet. Pretty typical in terms of a full IPA, but also pretty good. If I close my eyes and sip, its hard to imagine that this is from LF.

According to the menu at the Comet Cafe, Lakefront brews this beer expressly for the Comet Cafe (it is also not on Lakefront’s website). This is also (to my knowledge) the only IPA Lakefront makes. Appearance was a hazy light-colored orange. There was good head formation which was retained while I drank it forming decent lacing. Aroma was very citrusy and pleasant. Flavor was of hop bitterness along with a citrus notes. As it warmed up slightly the citrus notes tasted to me more lemon-y, to the extent that it sort of made my mouth pucker. Mouthfeel was not overly sticky (like many aggressively hopped American IPAs) nor was it watery. This beer smelled, tasted, and felt very good. If this restaurant placement is a test for Lakefront, I’d encourage them to move forward with this beer.