Iron Springs Pub & Brewery JC Flyer India Pale Ale

__Aroma:__ “Blueberry, strawberry, pineapple, orange, lemon, mango, pine, and herbal are all well blended and pleasant. Light bready and bread-crust malt, almost like a flour tortilla.” __Flavor:__ “Well balanced with significant fruit character from the hops. Citrus and red berry with a touch of mango and grassy/herbal to top things off. The malt is clean and supporting as it brings a slight toasted bready character. Bitterness lingers with a touch of coating sweetness.” __Overall:__ “Nice berry-forward fruity aroma with some supporting citrus and grassy. Maybe a bit sweet up front, but the bitterness balances it well and isn’t harsh at all. All of the pieces fit together well. Very drinkable.”

__Aroma:__ “Clean piney resinous notes with some bright lemon citrus beneath. Hints of candy-like malt. While it doesn’t beat you over the head with aroma, the aroma is fairly big.” __Flavor:__ “Well-balanced pine-forward IPA with some light lemon character and light toasted and bready malt notes supporting. Medium body with a balanced bitter finish that has some fruity notes.” __Overall:__ “A really good American-style IPA. It has none of the fancy, fruity shenanigans but just a straightforward bitter, clean, piney hops profile. Everything comes together and persists nicely on the swallow.”

__Aroma:__ “Malt-forward, with caramel and toasted notes. Moderate grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, and orange combine with the spicy hops aroma and with the malt, come through like orange marmalade. Dig deeper, and you find zest-like aromas along with floral notes. Not necessarily coming through as an IPA.” __Flavor:__ “The orange comes through more on the tongue, with pithy and astringent qualities from the rind. Grapefruit notes mix with lemon, followed by toasty and biscuit malt. The bitterness counteracts the malty backbone well, lingering long after the flavor is gone, without being overwhelming. Spicy hops tend to be overwhelmed by the bitterness of the orange.” __Overall:__ “This beer comes across as a malty PNW IPA. Lots of specialty malts and a hefty dose of IBUs make it an interesting interpretation of the style, with plenty of orange to accent. The pithiness might be hard to drink for some because of all the lingering bitterness it adds.”