Bombay Grab IPA
The beer is a bright golden amber, topped with a thin layer of white foam. Good retention, keeping steady, leaving loads of cobwebby belgian lace. The aroma is interesting. Rather hoppy, as is expected, yet thin. Citric and piney hopping dominates, definitely cascade in here, with weakish toasty malt. Grapefruity, with a hint of apricot, and an odd, funky smell similar to a urinal or public restroom. I know that sounds gross, but it's some sort of phenolic sanitizer odor, not stale pee. The flavor starts with a rather light maltiness. Not nearly enough body as I would like, and the malt just gets destroyed by the oncoming hops. A trace of fruity apricot in the middle, quickly becoming roadkill under the wheels of the hopping. Big ass piney and citric bitterness, with a moderate grapefruit rind flavor. Entirely unsupported by any malt in the finish. A bit of sourness in the end, with a tart grapefruit aftertaste. Definitely one dimensional, with about half as much malt as it needs. Medium to light body, with decent, bubbly carbonation. I really don't like IPAs like this, where there's no malt, and it's essentially hop water. The hopping would be great with the addition of about another 1,000 pounds of pale malt.