Beer Flash: Tampa Bay Brewing Co.'s "Old Elephant Foot" IPA

Today's beer is one of several various Tampa beers sent to me by good friend and fellow beer lover Matt LeVarge. I used to hang out with Matt in middle school, spending afternoons in his basement listening to Sublime and watching South Park. Fast forward 15 years, he's moved to Tampa and I to Washington, DC, and now we're trading beers from thousands of miles away. Go figure.

Here we have the "Old Elephant Foot" from Tampa Bay Brewing Co. It pours yellow-ish, super foamy and bright, with a nice wheaty aroma. It not as hoppy as it could be, but I'm totally OK with that. It's got a very citrusy taste, but interestingly enough, not in the usual floral hops-kind of way. It's citrusy in a orange juice way. It tastes like orange juice and beer mixed, which isn't bad at all.  It's billed as a "West Coast IPA" but I doubt that. They should call it a "Florida IPA" - fresh, juicy, and hoppy with just the right about of citrus flavor. Good stuff!