Toppling Goliath ZeeLander

The Toppling Goliath Brewing Company is in Decorah, Iowa. They make not only the best beer in Iowa, but some of the best in the entire nation. This 5.5% ABV India Pale Ale features the Nelson Sauvin hop from New Zealand. 

The beer pours orange dark honey golden in color. There is about an inch of off-white foamy head. The aroma is dank, earthy, musky, passion fruit and grapefruit. The taste follows directly upon the aromas. The finish is quite dry and fairly bitter. There is a lot of grapefruit rind in the aftertaste. It is medium-bodied, with a crisp, but not overwhelming carbonation. It drinks very easy. Solid as a sheer cliff of granite. If you like the dank, earthy, musky, funky kind of IPA, this is a great example.

The 2014 bottle:

2017 bottle, still tasting good: