Rainbownade

One of the busier IPAs I’ve ever gotten down with, the aptly named Rainbownade features additions of grapefruit, passion fruit, mango, raspberry, and blueberry. Brewed in Boston, Massachusetts by Dorchester Brewing Company for Evil Twin Brewing. The beer is a 7% brewski. It has a sediment-heavy ruddy bronze hue, poured with a thin off-white head.

Rainbownade has a sweet, juicy nose rich in a the expected cornucopia of fruit notes. The flavour is fruitful, with a lot of berry elements. What there isn’t is a lot of classic IPA touches—other than the high percentage. There isn’t really a lot of citrus, either.

More fruit punch than IPA, Rainbownade was a tangy, juicy carnival of boozy flavour. I dug it, but not as an IPA.

Rating: 7.5 out of 10.