21st Amendment Brewery Juicy IPA

From California brewery 21st Amendment comes this juicy IPA brewed with pineapples and natural flavors. I sampled this particular brew from a variety 12 pack. I am not typically fond of the words “natural flavors” when it comes to my beer. Not because I am looking for “artificial flavors” but because it usually implies that they are pouring in some kind of fruit juice into the beer as opposed to fermenting it in the beer. This creates a very different end result in my opinion. This beer pored out a mildly hazy (mostly clear) color with a generous head and aromas of sweet pineapple. The flavors were juicy with obvious pineapple there but with something that was a bit off putting. Not so much as to destroy my enjoyment of the beer but enough to not have me rank it as highly as others in the same class. This was a good beer but, because there are so many other great beers out there, one I will not come back to.

Ranking 8.5