Ninkasi Brewing Company Tricerahops Double IPA

Moderate orange-pineapple-pine aroma; light floral, grassy notes. Moderate malt sweetness—bready, caramel, honey—with firm bitterness not quite cutting the sweetness. Spicy, grassy hop flavors with lower orange-citrus.

**Aroma:** “Nice orange notes. Slightly minty with hints of phenols that lean slightly medicinal. Earthy hops, moderate esters, and a light malt.” **Flavor:** “Good blend of malt sweetness with some nice grapefruit, orange, and pine notes. The sweetness underpins both the hops and the malt and helps balance the bitterness. Mint from the nose is subdued a bit on the palate, but it’s still a bit of a train wreck of flavors—raw malt sweetness and caramel, cardboard oxidation, strong fruity esters, and an out-of-place light tartness.” **Overall:** “A good IPA with a strong PNW hops profile—the dance between malt and hops worked well in this beer for me. Doesn’t dry out like most DIPAs, and the bitterness is a touch overdone. A bit muddled in the flavor presenta- tion—if I had bought this, I’d be a bit disappointed.”

**Aroma:** “Nice fruity juicy hops aroma— blueberry, raspberry, oranges, and some evergreen. Honey sweetness with a slight spicy, low phenolic note and a touch of plum.” **Flavor:** “Full avor both from the body and the hops character. Loving the blue- berry! I don’t know how it got into this beer, but it’s a welcome twist. Caramel malt backbone elevates the hops to just where they need to be. Bright back-of- the-tongue bitterness and an incredibly creamy mouthfeel.” **Overall:** “I really liked this IPA—it’s full of flavor, and all the flavors seemed to complement each other. A fun riff on a fruit-forward American IPA with outstanding berry character that’s interesting and unusual. Appropriate malt character and bitterness points to how well blended and integrated it is. Big juicy notes with a moderate bitterness.”