Widmer Brothers Rotator IPA Series - Hopside Down

Widmer Brothers is from Portland, Oregon. This 6.7% ABV beer is from part of their rotating IPA series. It is part of an increasingly common style, the India Pale Style Lager. It uses Alchemy and Cascade hops and it comes in at 50 IBU's. 

The beer pours honey golden with an orange tint. There is a tall head of thick white foam that breaks down relatively quickly. The aroma is fruity and grassy, hoppy citrus, tang, passion fruit, earthy, grassy, with that lager funkiness. The taste follows the aromas quite directly. It drinks light, with crisp carbonation, and a very bitter finish, like biting a grapefruit rind. A pleasant drinker, but not the best of the style, finishes more like an IPA and less like a lager. I wish the taste were as balanced as the aroma.

2016 bottle: