It's been quite an unprecedented day here at the CU Brew Blog headquarters. Over the last five hours we've unveiled 5 different India Pale Ale's in honor of the first ever International #IPADay. So, without further a do, we knock back the final brew in our #IPADay 6-Pack, Founder's Centennial IPA.
If I've learned one thing from this exercise in hoperiety, it's that the IPA style can be a fickled mistress. One of the most enjoyable beer styles when done right, it can also leave you wanting at times. Founder's Centennial falls somewhere right in the middle.Centennial offers an aroma of orange that follows up instantly with an over-watery and slightly acidic taste. The hops don't actually hit your taste buds until a few seconds later. This is especially confusing because this Founder's IPA is unfiltered, a process typically used to help enhance the taste of a beer.
Although the delayed taste leaves you feeling like you're drinking a half empty beer, once the hops actually hit, Centennial is enjoyable. It leaves me with the impression that while this Founder's IPA isn't overly good, it isn't all that bad either.
Founder's Centennial IPA, 6 mugs out of 10.
Wow .. you really took this whole #IPADay thing seriously, didn't you?
ReplyDeleteNah...thought it'd be a fun idea and just worked ahead so all I had to do was post yesterday.
ReplyDeleteAh, well, I did the same thing (wrote before hand to post on the actual day), but just had one article to post. http://blog.ericshepard.com/2011/08/hoppy-ipaday-and-intlbeerday.html
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