Tallgrass Ethos IPA

This is a 6.8% ABV dry-hopped India Pale Ale from the Tallgrass Brewing Company of Manhattan, Kansas. It clocks in at 110 IBU's and uses six varieties of hops. Everything that Tallgrass brewing makes is tasty and top notch, and I am salivating already to try this.

The beer pours an orange amber with just a touch of haze. There is a thick and tall head of off-white foam. The aroma is hop forward, citrus, passion fruit, light tropical fruit, and sun tea, with a bit of pine. The taste follows all the aromas. They are so well blended together into a unified whole that is hard to pick them out piece by piece. Its taste becomes only "what an IPA should taste like." It has a soft, medium mouthfeel, and the IBU"s kick in on the end, with waves of blistering bitterness. The bitterness is softened by the malt and fruit of the hops, subsides, then kicks in again. There is some spice and heat, and lots of grapefruit rind, in the bitterness as well. Not surprisingly, another winner from Tallgrass.