Beer Flash: Firestone Walker's "Luponic Distortion" IPA

Today's beer was referred to me by Chris, a Firestone Walker rep I met at D'Vines last week when he was conducting a tasting. Firestone Walker makes some good stuff - like the fine "Velvet Merlin", which he was serving at the tasting, as well as the "Wookey Jack" and its variants. They also have a fantastic line of specially-crafted anniversary ales, one of which I reviewed on the blog last year.

Today's is the "Luponic Distortion", a 5.9% ABV India Pale Ale. It's also labelled as "Revolution No. 001" - Chris says that the hops are experimental, and that they will be rotating the ingredients with each revolution. Cool. According to the box, this particular beer was canned on February 16, 2016. Nice and fresh!

It's got a golden color to it, fizzy, with a white head that clings to the side of the glass. The flavor is clean and hoppy, with very crisp and straightforward flavor and a slight bit of resin. One notable quality is the lack of a strong finish or aftertaste. There wasn't a heck of a lot of flavor on the finish, which isn't always a bad thing. In the end, this is a very clean, very easy drinking IPA with a light alcohol content, so it's fine as a session ale. Bottoms up!