Lucid Duo

Lucid Brewing is from Minnetonka, Minnesota. Their motto is "Clarity in Thinking, Excellence in Drinking." This is a 9.0% ABV double India pale ale.

The beer pours a clear copper in color. There is a relatively short head of creamy off-white foam. The aroma is piney and dank, with fruit notes, especially melon and passion fruit. The taste follows the aromas directly, lots of pine, overripe tropical fruit and melons, with enough malt to hold it all up without falling over. The malt notes are toasted and lightly sweet. The finish is quite bitter, but it creeps up on you subtly and is not in your face. This is medium bodied and very smooth. It is dangerously drinkable at nine percent. This is a really excellent DIPA!