Willimantic Junk Mail IPA

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 10

Spectacular IPA. If you live anywhere in the North East, Willimantic is the place to be for incredible IPAs. Hopheads should be travelling hundreds of thousands of miles for this gem. The brewmaster, David Wollner, used to own Olde Wyndham Brewing, but gave up the microbrewery to open this brewpub. He brews some excellent porters, barleywines, and amber ales, but his real specialty is IPAs! They're all unfiltered and feature an interesting cast of hops. He's used Warrior, Simcoe, Zeus, and challenger hops, as well as the usual 'c' suspects. And now onto this beer; this particular beer is an unfiltered hazy golden color. The aroma brings copious amounts of hop aroma, and plenty of malt to back it up. The taste only confirms what the nose suspected, plenty of hop flavor and bitterness. Juicy, fruity, citrussy hops. Unbelievable. I would take this over 99.9% of the west coast IPAs anyday of the week. If you're in the area, make the effort to stop in.