Sam Adams Whitewater IPA

IPAs were never my favorite style, but I think I might be changing my tune a bit.  I've had quite a few IPAs over the last several months, and I find myself liking a wider range of hop characteristics.  My least favorite hop flavors used to be grapefruit and pine, because they were so much bolder and more assertive than I was used to, and my favorite flavors, the malt profiles, usually take a backseat to the hops in most IPAs.  Now that my palate is becoming a bit more educated and I can distinguish different flavors more easily, I'm finding IPAs a good challenge for practicing picking out specific tastes.

TL;DR: I'm starting to like IPAs more.  

So when I got home from work last night, I was looking forward to grabbing a Sam Adams Whitewater IPA out of my keezer:

Vittles:

American IPA

5.8% abv

61 IBUs

7.5 SRM

197 cal.

Score:

Appearance: 9/10

Aroma: 21/25

Taste: 34/40

Mouthfeel: 8/10

Style: 5/5

Drinkability: 8/10

Overall: 85/100

Impression:

Very bold and assertive with plenty of lemony-citrus goodness.  Whitewater IPA is highly effervescent and medium-bodied.  It smells grassy, fruity, floral, herbal, piney, citrusy, and spicy.  The grapefruit and the pine come out more in the flavor than in the nose.  The lemon and grassy flavors are also more prominent, and I think I taste coriander, too, which is always a welcome note.  I also enjoyed the wheat qualities in the background quite a bit.

I would definitely get the Whitewater IPA again.  Very tasty brew, nice and refreshing, good level of hop complexity.

Cheers!