Reuben's Brews Mosaic Fresh Hop IPA

Beer Name: Mosaic Fresh Hop IPA
Brewery: Reuben's Brews (Seattle, WA)
ABV: 6.0%
How sold: 22 oz bottles; on draft
Where bought: Belmont Station (Portland, OR)
Price: $7.27 for 22 oz. bottle

Date Bottled: September 29, 2017
Date Purchased: October 24, 2017
Date Drank: November 9, 2017
When brewed? Limited-time beer. Released around October 2017 as part of its Fall Releases.
IBUs: 52

Commercial Description: "Released only once a year during hop harvest, this beer brings passionfruit and grapefruit notes wrapped up with a crisp, refreshing finish. A showcase of the Mosaic hop which has often been credited with a fruitiness that changed craft beer, our Fresh Hop brew is everything we love about this season."

What's on the Bottle: "Notes: Passion fruit and grapefruit notes from the wet hops are wrapped up with a crisp refreshing finish."

Where distributed: As of January 2018, Reuben's Brews distributes just to the Pacific Northwest.

REVIEW:

Appearance (5%): Poured clear golden into a pint glass. White head, lots of tiny bubbles. 4.5/5

Smell (25%): Huge tropical citrus. Predominantly grapefruit with perhaps some tangerine. 4.75/5

Taste (40%): Tropical grapefruit and tangerine, some passion fruit from start to finish. Extremely refreshing, and the tropical bitterness is just right for me. Some of the sips I had were a tad on the watery side, but overall, still more flavor than most 6% IPAs I've had. 4.75/5

Mouthfeel (10%): Medium-bodied, good carbonation. Some juiciness. 4.5/5

Overall (20%): A world-class IPA. This has virtually all of the qualities I want in an IPA, and I found that this beer paired perfectly with spicy/salty food (i.e. chips, salsa, tacos). Of course, I wish it was around more than just during fresh hop season (usually late September into October). Reuben's strikes again with a kickass IPA. 4.75/5

Final Weighted Rating: 4.713/5