Serving Type: BottleABV: 7.2 percent
Appearance: Centennial IPA pours a solid shade of copper. It has a haziness that's cloudy enough to keep you from seeing anything on the other side of the glass. It has a massive head that had awesome retention and left tons of lacing sticking to the inside of the glass. As I continued to drink this beer the head receded somewhat, but it remained as a fluffy layer between me and the rest of the brew.
Smell: The aroma consisted mainly of floral hop notes. other underlying scents included a bit of sweet maltiness as well as citrus and pine. This is pretty much a typical IPA scent, in a good way.
Taste: First I got the sweet malts on the front of my tongue. Then came a touch of dryness from the pine and what I figured to be grapefruit. I'm always brace myself when I drink beers of this type to be blown away by the hops that are present, but I must admit my experience with this one went well. The hops weren't overbearing at all. They were pungent, but complimented the rest of the beer's flavors really well. As the brew warms, the hops to tend to become even more pungent though. Fortunately it's not quite enough to ruin the good experience you can have with this beer.
Overall Rating:
I went into this one fearing I was going to a ton of hop notes. I was pleasantly surprised that all of the flavors played off of each other very well. The hops tend to nip at your tongue a bit as the beer gets closer to room temperature.
