New Beer Friday – Locals Only Edition

It’s a locals only edition of New Beer Friday this week. There’s a full spectrum of flavors out there from six different breweries. No matter what your preferences are you’re likely to find something that’ll work for you.

Uinta Hop Nosh Tangerine IPA –  It has a bright orange color, combined with a big, fluffy white head that is extremely sturdy and hardly vanishes. The nose is juicy with notes of lemon and orange meat. These aromas pretty much dominate. The taste starts with malt cake but transitions quickly into dry hop territory. The beer turns out to be much more diverse than it had been on the nose, offering a nice blend of citrus hop bitterness and subtle fruitiness from the tangerine puree. You get all of the fruitiness with it being at all sweet like a German Radler.  The end has a bit of pine and it finishes semi dry with tangerine peel bitterness. This isn’t bitter hop water with citrus juice mixed in. It’s all IPA with tangerine accents. I’m amazed by how well the whole pack …