Edacsac Dekoorc Eert
American IPA
6.5% ABV
Appearance: Pours a deep hazy orange with a frothy two and a half fingers of beige foam.
Smell: Very earthy and vegetal with hints of muted citrus.
Taste: Follows the nose fairly closely. Earthy, leafy, vegetal, and piney with some grapefruit rind and a biscuity caramel malt backbone. Very nicely balanced with a smooth, mild bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied and crisp. Goes down easy.
Overall, this is a pretty solid IPA but I'm not the biggest fan of this flavor profile. Part of Dark Horse's single hop Crooked Tree series, this one is brewed solely with Cascade hops, hence the name Edacsac Dekoorc Eert (Cascade Crooked Tree spelled backwards). Cascade are a great all-purpose hop and the most widely used in American craft brewing but they're typically combined with other hop varieties to add complexity and/or balance. In this beer it's the only hop used and I didn't care for the primarily earthy aroma and flavor. I did really enjoy the mild bitterness and balance, though. And that's the really cool thing about single hop beers: you get to learn what each individual hop variety
brings to the table. I didn't love this one but I would definitely recommend
giving it a try, if even just to start familiarizing and educating yourself on different hops.
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| 3.5 out of 5 |
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