All Day IPA

Brewery: Founders Brewing Co.

Supplier: Beers of Europe

Well Founders Brewing Co. needs no introduction, and this is their Sessionable IPA. Their advertising for this was based around compacting loads of day trip gear (e.g. camping, fishing, BBQing, etc.) into the shape of a bottle, with the slogan "It's amazing what you can pack into a 12-ounce bottle". These beers are going to be coming out in Cans Soon, this I'm excited about as I'm a big fan of the Canning Revolution. I served this one slightly chilled.

Appearance: A deep golden colour, lots of bubbles and a nice bubbly off white head.

Aroma: Those typical grapefruit and lychee flavoured hops coupled with a strong aroma of honey flavoured Greek yogurt.

Flavour: A thick supporting malt body, hints of a corny taste but nothing unpleasant. This goes into a nice bitterness from the hops. Not much of the hop flavours coming through that were promised in the nose. You get a hint of sweet resin, in-between the two flavours mentioned above, that build gradually when drinking. 

Body: Nice and wet but with what I call a floury texture/taste in the malts, a sort of malty and bitty puckering of the tongue. 

Aftertaste: The asftertaste is a bit too dry and bitter for a session ale for me. Hints of apricot after some time.

Overall: Therefore this gets a rating of 6, a nice beer and a good drinker.

Price Range: £2.09 for a 355ml bottle, a good price (especially as that includes shipping). Might get it again but  I think there are other session IPA's that are done better.

Food Pairings: Personally I wouldn't pair this with anything but the sun; but if i were to eat with it it would probably be some French fries, not too flavour intense and nice and salty (which would highlight the sweet resin flavours).