Day 274: Rocky Mountain IPA

Name: Rocky Mountain IPA

Brewer: Fort Collins Brewery (Fort Collins, CO)

Classification: American IPA

Alcohol: 6.2%

Thoughts: Got back from Wilmington a little bit ago after spending the weekend with family for Easter. I unloaded the car, grabbed a beer and watched a wonderful finally 2 hours of the Masters. The beer I chose was Rocky Mountain IPA from Fort Collins Brewery. It poured a light amber color with a thick, lightly tan head. The head did its very best to lace around the glass as I drank the beer. The smell was classic American IPA with notes of rich malts, dank hops and grapefruit. It was a refreshing, enticing aroma. Next came the drinking part of the process and it was a good one. If the smell was classic then the taste was the prime example of an American IPA taste. Hops on hops on hops with different aromatics and flavors mixed with those rich, earthy malts left me with a glazed look. The bitterness was not over the top and the finish was dry enough to make you notice, but not enough to make you hate it. This is a flavorful, rather intense beer and I recommend it to drinkers who love that hoppiness in an IPA because this beer has got that good. 

Rating: 86/100