Papago Aromatherapy IPA

Formerly brewed at Sonoran Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Phoenix, Arizona USA

on draft at papago. nose is a very fresh peach and pineapple hoppiness. flavor is the same hop presence but with a nice smooth malt sweetness. the only thing couldve used is more bitterness but nonetheless very good.

I will fill in the description later. I did like this beer and I saw no actual flaws with the beer. It was very much like the Four Peaks brewery Raj IPA combined with their traditional American-style IPA.

On draft at O’Briens, left over from Wet Hop festival. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Aroma is herby, with light summer fruit notes, a nice hop aroma with tangerine and lemon grass. Tartly sweet, with light toasty malts, citrus fruits, a bit of spruce and orange rind. Medium body, gently tingly carbonation.

Tap, O’Brien’s. Medium amber pour. Piney hop aroma. Some spiciness. Creamy hoppiness. Finish is somewhat hoppy.

Draught @ Papago. Dominant grapefruit aroma and fresh hop aroma. Dark gold/orange body with decent head. Flavor is like getting a can of grapefruit juice from grocery store without the acidity. Light bitterness and a good refreshing beer.

On draught at Papago: Pours to a mostly clear copper-golden amber colored body, with the lightest presence of haze. Head is small-medium, white, initially creamy & thick, though it fades to nothing within a few minutes. The aroma clearly shows fresh, juicy, wet hops. I smell grapefruit (though not in the usual dry/rind smell, more of a juicy pulp scent), orange, pine, berries, tons of juicy, ripe, floral hops coming through in the nose. The taste is bitter, though almost less bitter than I would expect from the nose, but then many of these wet-hopped ales tend to be that way. Much more floral and citrusy than bitter hops come through in the taste - grapefruit (again more juicy pulp than dry & bitter rind), very fresh citrus hops, not as much grassy hops as I’m used to in these which is actually a plus as it tends to highlight the more floral and citrus flavors outright. This one also has a clear malt profile that make it somewhat stand out from the crowd here. I pick up some nice chewy crystal malts, hints of light caramel, bread, and biscuit, and there’s even a slight yeast character here too - giving off a slight diacetyl flavor which I’m not sure if it’s due to using an english ale yeast strain of simply a diacetyl problem in the keg. Either way it’s complimentary to the overall flavor profile and not excessive here. Medium bodied, moderate, light carbonation, with the chewy malts making a mild presence felt throughout.

Alpha King Competition: Nice caramel malt aroma on top of citrusy hops. Grapefruit and pine flavors were nice and fresh. Malt showed up in the middle. Moderately bitter finish.