Minnesota's Bent Paddle's standard Hazy IPA, Cosmic Lounge.
I've had the opportunity to try a variety of hazy and NE IPAs, which are quite trendy lately. The common feature of these beers is that they provide fruit flavor profiles instead of hop bitterness.
Cosmic Lounge manifests a bit too much bitterness for a hazy IPA, and the fruit flavors are not where they should be. Of course, the brewers can say that this is our interpretation, but when it comes to hazy IPAs, the expectations are a bit different.
It's not a bad beer as an IPA, but it falls below the standards set for hazy IPAs.
Alc (ABV): 6.3%
Bitterness (IBU): 32
Score: 7/10
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