Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Day 82: 03.23.10 Mikkeller Centennial Single Hop IPA

Mikkeller


brewed at De Proef Brouwerij
Municipality of Lochristi
Province of East Flanders
Region of Flemish, Belgium




Centennial Single Hop India Pale Ale




Style: American India Pale Ale
Availability: ?
Format: 330ml
ABV: 6.9%


Bottle text & Info:
n/a. the latest in the single hop line.


Tasting Notes:
Pours a burnt orange with an inch and a half off white head that show tremendous retention. Rocky, craggy foam on top with massive amounts of clinging. Smells expressly of grapefruit. In no way as sweet as Founder's Centennial, this one is straight up grapefruit on medium body. Some touches of orange citrus here and there but pretty much puckering grapefruit powering through. A bit one dimensional, but excusable being a single hop. Pretty refreshing and a great look at the powerful hop strain deriving from the  Cascade hop.

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