Weston Brewing has released a new limited edition series called Brew Labs. The first offering is an India Pale Ale and come in 22 oz bottles, priced at around $4.Poured into a Duvel tulip. Nice two fingers width of dirty white head. Good retention on the head, though lacing is mostly spotty. Color is a dark copper red with a dense center. Solid streamers of carbonation swirl up from the nucleation spot.
Smell has a pronounced graininess from the crack of the crown. Very unusual for an IPA. There is a dry roasted bitterness in the malt, but I'm not getting much in the way of a hops bitterness. Taste has some lemongrass sweetness, but it is still dominated by a toasty malt character.
Mouthfeel has a light body with a biting carbonation. It still drinks pretty well. This is probably best offering to date from Weston, and I'm glad to see improvements from them. Even still, for me this is not very successful as an American Double/Imperial IPA. The label says it has IBU's at 89, but I don't see it. Hops seems secondary. I think it would greatly improve with some additional dry hopping.
Where did you buy it? Their other beers have had some flavor defects--would like to try this one myself!
ReplyDeleteI got this at Red X, though it should be out everywhere. I didn't detect any flavor defects that has plagued the other Weston beers, so progress is being made.
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