Sly Fox Aurora IPA

Brewed by Sly Fox Brewhouse
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Royersford and Phoenixville, Pennsylvania USA

Draft at SF event. Pours deep caramel colored with off-white head. Nose is juicy hoppy, with some fruity and spicy notes. Solid caramel malt base with a hoppy flavor and definite spicy peppery and finishing fruity notes. I had a sample followed by a pint of this one.

Tap at Ginger Man. Hazy orange-amber beer with a tight white head. Aroma starts out quite light. Fairly herbal aroma with a bit of hoppy dankness on the back. Flavour is a bit nicer. Light crackery malt with a fairly prominent spicy/herbal hop aroma. As the temperature gets up to cellar temp, this really comes into its own. Quite noble tasting with a lot of sticky resinousness begins to appear as well. Soft zesty spiciness. Sort of like Perle/Saaz flavour in a high alpha/high cohumulone way. Pretty tasty really.

Had on draft in a pint glass. Appearance was a hazy orange color. Aroma of piney and citrus hops. The taste was a little spicer than I expected from the smell, with some lemon and orange coming through and a bitter hop finish.

Growler. Pours a lightly hazy amber with a medium creamy/bubbly off white head. Aroma was very floral, spicy hop notes, some caramel and toffee. Flavor was more of the floral yet spicy hop profile. I really liked this hop, hopefully it will become more available to homebrewers.

Poured a clear amber color with a medium sized, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of floral hops, pine, citrus fruits, sweeter toffee malts, and toast. Taste of citrus fruits, grass, piney resin, toffee, toasted dough, and bitter grapefruit.

Draught at Phoenixville: Pungent aroma of floral hops, grapefruit, light tropical fruit, light pine, toffee, and graham cracker. Poured amber/orange in color with a medium-sized, dense, creamy, off-white head that lasted throughout. Hazy. Sparkling. Excellent lacing. Flavor is light to medium sweet and light to medium bitter. Tastes of hops, caramel, citrus, fruit, grass, and slight resin. Medium body. Slightly tingly, dry texture. Average carbonation. Hoppy, grassy, citrusy, dry finish.