Arcadia Rapunzel Wheat IPA

ABV: 5.8%
IBUs: 48

Aroma: Rapunzel has let really her hair down here (this pun doesn’t even work that well in this instance, but I wanted to get it out of the way early). The aroma is pretty notable with very forward wheat character, balanced nice and tall with citrus and tropical fruit from the Michigan-grown hops.

The aroma is fantastically on par with many of the wheat IPAs out there, and I’ll be the first to say that the style isn’t used nearly often enough. The plush malt character provided by wheat generally works really well with American hop bitterness in a moderately dry beer.

Appearance: Just as one should suspect, this beer pours with a bright white and rather dense foam atop a distinctively golden ale. I presume this is where the name of the beer comes from, and I’ll give it to them — it’s quite golden. (I may have spent a solid minute or two just watching the bubbles travel through the ever-so-slightly hazy beverage.)

Taste: The Michigan-grown hops are surprisingly subtle i

…