Tonight's beer:
Opens with a wave of pulpy-juicy bitterness: musky melons and tropical fruits wrapped around grapefruit and oranges and limes; flashes of pine, flowers, grass around the edges. Distant pale-bready sweetness in the background. After that brief flicker, the beer dries out quickly, smoothly, and thoroughly.
Pulpy-juicy, medium-bodied, lots of lively carbonation. Lingering durably resinous-syrupy stickiness, gradually scrubbing, powerfully cleansing and drying.
This is about as good an IPA as I've had in quite some time: intense as hell and giddily complex, wonderfully well-integrated and drinkable. Poised and almost balanced—hop candy!—and graceful. I can easily see how Creature Comforts have come by their reputation.
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| Creature Comforts Tropicalia |
Opens with a wave of pulpy-juicy bitterness: musky melons and tropical fruits wrapped around grapefruit and oranges and limes; flashes of pine, flowers, grass around the edges. Distant pale-bready sweetness in the background. After that brief flicker, the beer dries out quickly, smoothly, and thoroughly.
Pulpy-juicy, medium-bodied, lots of lively carbonation. Lingering durably resinous-syrupy stickiness, gradually scrubbing, powerfully cleansing and drying.
This is about as good an IPA as I've had in quite some time: intense as hell and giddily complex, wonderfully well-integrated and drinkable. Poised and almost balanced—hop candy!—and graceful. I can easily see how Creature Comforts have come by their reputation.
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