Odin DBRD Tasting: Baird / Ishii / Stone Japanese Green Tea IPA

2015-03-14

Logs for this tasting

The mix is a little bit surprising at first, but I kind of liked it. The IPA hops and resin flavors are mild and do not overpower the tea flavors. The green tea add a touch of sweetness that pleasantly compliment the beer. It also adds a touch of bitterness that's refreshingly different from the usual hops bitterness.
A very interesting IPA with clear hop resin and bitterness that somehow doesn't overpower the green tea. That shows up as a grassy, matcha latte-like sweetness that both mellows the hops but also adds a bitterness of its own. That tea fragrance is super-present in the smell as well. It doesn't exactly go down easy but it was definitely worth trying.
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