beer_name: AleSmith IPA
text: Purchased from Hi Time Liquors. It's been a long time since I last had any of the Alesmith brews: It pours a slightly hazy gold with a 1 finger head of foam. Btw, great head retention and there's plenty of nice lacing! The smell is lots of grapefruit and just a bit of malt hiding in the background. The taste is beautifully hoppy...grapefruit and some floral notes tickle my taste buds but there's a good level of malty sweetness that stops this from becoming too bitter. Nice medium to fullish mouthfeel here and the carbonation is medium as well. Easy sipping and such a good thirst quencher, man this is a top notch IPA indeed....and.. I notice a touch of grass in the finish and the aftertaste is fairly long but definitely pleasing. Also, despite it being 7.25%abv, I having *no* problem in making the contents of this 22oz bottle disappear. ;^) For shame on me for not getting some for such a long time. It's truly worth the effort to get it *any* way you can because this IPA, imo, is a world class example of the style.