This beer poured an amber orange and slightly hazy with yellow tinges around the edges. The hop aroma from this beer got us excited before we even picked up the glass, that's generally a good sign. The aroma is just jam packed with hops, it's everything we've come to expect from a good west coast IPA. Every once in a while a beer is so good we sort of forget we're writing a review. This was one of those times. We realized we had finished our glasses before taking careful notes. Luckily we hadn't poured all of it. On second pour, there is some great citrus notes and just serious hops! A little bit of dank, wet grass which is quite nice. Oakshire's tagline is "Humble Brewers of Delicious Beer". That's actually a great way to describe this. The beer isn't over the top in any way it's just a really well made IPA that satisfies. Dry, aggressive bitter hops evolve into light citrus notes. This is a really good hop-forward west coast IPA. We wish that more brewers in the East Coast made beers like this. The malt is just there enough to keep it from being pure bitter hop tea...which is great! Sadly this beer is only available via limited distribution in Oregon right now. Though hopefully that will change soon.
