Sly Fox Chinook IPA

Clear orange color with small head and massive lacing. Fruity aroma with good bitter balance. Light finish.

Tap at Hop Devil Grill. Deep amber beer with a thick white head. These beers always look great. Strong resinous hop aroma, pine and fresh grapefruit/orange fruitiness. Toasted malts, grassy/piney hops. Chewy hop flavour throughout. Light orange peel flavour as well. It’s straightforward, but well made... I think this is a hop that works better as part of a blend, but it’s still a solid brew.

POurs somewhat of a coppery hue. Notes of flower and some sweet fruits. The hop hit comes on the palate with dense amounts of the citrus and bitter hops making its way through the beer.

Draught at Pete’s Waterfront Ale House. Poured a fairly dark copper with an off-white head leaving striped lacing. Sweet tangerine and peach nose, with some underlying piney resin aromas. Flavor, as always in these SF IPA projects, starts with a big hop blast. Here, the particular hops were earthy and spicy, with a tart citrus/grapefruit zest base. I love how these IPA projects seem to beat my tongue with hop sticks!. Deep citrusy hop character settles into a pleasingly resiny aftertaste. Nonetheless, there is enough of a firm caramel malt foundation to give the hops center stage, with some flowing into the audience, but still maintain a semblence of order and balance. Not sure how SF quite does this.

Draft at the Phoenixville Brewpub. This one was a little to bitter. A little young. Nice and clear on the pour.