Red Hook - Long Hammer IPA

Great beer if you like your beer hoppy. I like this IPA a lot as you can smell the hops as soon as you pop the cap and a fair amount of fruitiness as well.

Long Hammer pour a nice rich, deep, gold (almost a very light amber).

There is also a good amount of carbonation which I personally like with an IPA.

And then the hops - nice and strong. However I thought the hops were rather one dimensional and did not add much depth to the drink. For the most part I could not taste much of the malt. The hops were very dry and lacked malt sweetness or smoothness to balance the beer out.

The aftertaste did have a nice bitter bite to it and just about right for my taste. The bitterness was not harsh but a little wake up call at the end.

And I think I need to mention that is a strong beer as in alcohol content with and a 6.5% ABV. I did not see that on the bottle when I picked this up.

Red Hook has brewed a very good IPA with their Long Hammer and is one of my favorit This is a nice drink that for me is readily available and perfect for pizza.