New Holland Hoptronix

**Aroma:** “Moderate citrus with light pine and big tropical notes of mango, tangerine, and pineapple with hints of some Juicy Fruit, even. Noticeable sweet maltiness that’s not over the top.” **Flavor:** “Grapefruit, some tangerine, and light pineapple backed by moderate resinous dank hops and a bit of malt sweetness, big mouth-fillling carbonation. A very clean beer that allows some pleasant hops flavors to shine through without showing off.” **Overall:** “There’s a nice rhythm to this one, where the aroma flows into the flavor and just keeps flowing from aftertaste to the next sip and so on. The juicy fruity goodness on the nose and palate blends nicely with the earthy/dank aftertaste for an unusual, but satisfying drinking experience. Slightly subdued but incredibly drinkable—this is the beer you settle down with after getting burned by all those ashy IPAs, with their fast cars, tattoos, and promises of exotic flavors.”

Aroma: “Pine, honeydew, and resin. Light grapefruit.” Flavor: “Resinous dank hops up front that lead into a low malty sweetness. Balanced decidedly toward sticky grapefruit-forward hops. Good amount of bittering hops bring the clean malt sweetness into balance.” Overall: “This is a really good night-capper—strong, bitter, slightly dank, and heavy pine flavors to end the night with. A hophead’s delight in both flavor and bitterness. The dryness really amplifies the drinkability.”

Aroma: “All the onions. Blend of green, red, white, and yellow onions. Some shallots, because the brewer is fancy like that.” Flavor: “Pretty juicy (orange) and not a huge onion bomb that the aroma made it seem like it was going to be. Definitely has alcohol, but it isn’t overpowering. For a high-gravity IPA, this has a good amount of hops flavor (pine, resin, orange) and malt backbone. Balanced toward bitter as it should be, but all in all, it has a lot of other stuff going on.” Overall: “Great job getting flavor from malt and hops to overpower the alcohol presence. Onion is present but citrus flavor prevails.”