Simple Malt IPA

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Rating a few IPAs tonight, starting with this one. I really like the labels of this brewery: simple, loads of good information and all of the Simple Malt have a consistent look. Pours a copper-amber colour with a big beige creamy head that stays a while a leaves lacing everywhere. Carbonation is to a bare minimum with tiny-tiny little bubbles here and there. Not as hoppy as I thought for the smell, but it is there with some notes of nuts and roasted malt. Smooth mouthfeel with a medium body. I do like the taste with a good balance between the hop bitterness and the burnt of the roasted malt in the finish. The smoke really lingers into the aftertaste and stays on the tongue quite long. So, not a crazy bitter IPA, but not a watery one either, just well brewed right in the middle.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Bottle: Poured a deep copper color ale with a medium foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of floral hops with deep rich caramel malt is quite pleasing. Taste is also more oriented towards caramel malt and floral hops then most other IPA out there. Body is about average with good carbonation. This one is a lot more geared toward floral notes then an actual hops bomb I usually taste – well done and definitively something I could drink a couple in a sitting.