Served very cold so smell is muted, though the hops are there. Body is thin and I'm getting a metallic sort of effect on the teeth. The bitters that remain are of the roasty nature. There is a coconut after taste but need to search for it.
I wanted the aromatic and feint-fruity coconut mids, and the coconut finishing sheen plus milder hops finish. This IPA's assertive lingering bitterness along with its less present coconut smoothness didn't pair as well as I had hoped initially but it develops over the course of the bottle.
Smells and starts out like a typical strong IPA, lots of resin & grapefruit & pineapple. Coconut and pithy bitterness come in and linger together until the finish. Rather than smoothing out the bitterness, it seems to accentuate it, and adds an unusual and queasy character to the flavor.