Samuel Adams Latitude 48 IPA
This isn't a particularly good AIPA, it's alright and nothing more. I just had a Sierra Nevada wet hop and there is just no comparison. The beer is crystal clear amber with not much head, a touch of lace, and a rather cloying perfume like whiff in the nose. There are also sweetish malts in the nose that don't belong there. The taste is very leafy, very dry, not much malty backbone to this one. It is watery, tart, leafy, and lacks the estery notes and piney resins to make this even slightly memorable. This is just one more in a long line of disappointing offerings from SA. It's okay, its not offensive, its quite drinkable, it just isn't a very good AIPA. There isn't much aftertaste because once the tart leafy hops are gone, there just isn't much left in the mouth to draw the flavor out. There is a slight chicory sweet malt flavor underneath and it doesn't belong there. There are so many better AIPAs why settle for this one.