Another juicy and fruity IPA from Fredericton's
TrailWay Brewing Co. is
Green Island New England IPA (which I took to be a Vermont-style IPA), a
6% alcohol brew billed as having "pungent tropical fruit". Sold in
473mL cans, I found Green Island to be, in many respects, very similar
to Hu Jon Hops and Rype, two other TrailWay beers that I reviewed while
in Fredericton for a funeral. All three had a similar look--hazy and
milky orange-gold with a white head--and all three packed nice and
assertive fruit-forward noses. While I enjoyed all three, if I were a
creative at TrailWay, I'd be trying to diversify the portfolio a bit
more.
I found Green Island to have a somewhat
resinous strand to its flavour, as well as citrus and pineapple notes.
The finish has some pretty nice hoppy elements, but I also found it to
have a faintly chemical air that left me a bit nonplussed.
While
Green Planet proved quite similar to two of its other TrailWay Brewing
siblings, I found that compared to Rype and Hu Jon, it was the least
compelling and well-crafted. Not a bad beer, but not the one TrailWay
should be crowing loudest about.
Rating: 6.5 out of 10.
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