beer_name: Big Daddy IPA
text: A first-time sampling for me from this West-Coast brewer. Big Daddy has a light-to-medium golden color, and is clear throughout. Lots of carbonation streaming to the surface. Head is fine, white, and about 1/4", though thinning fairly rapidly. Lacing is decent as well. Nose is huge and hoppy. I could detect it from afar as I poured the bier into the glass. It is grapefruity, but has a decent dash of toasty malt sweetness as well. Body was a smidge less than medium, and it had a touch of prickliness on the tongue. Taste is loaded with more of the same grapefruity hops. Malt is also present in the form of a bready/toasty, mild sweetness. The hops are quite pronounced, yet don't have an overwhelming "bam". Just enough of an edge has been taken off of them. Yet they still linger long on the palate. This is a nice, tasty offering, with thanks going to SamuraiJack for providing it to me! Prosit!!! overall: 3.95 appearance: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | mouthfeel: 3.5 | drinkability: 4 570