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Name: Booming Rollers
Brewer: Modern Times (USA)
Style: American IPA
ABV: 6.8%
Review Year: 2019
Modern Times showcases the juiciness of Citra hops together with Centennial and the New Zealand variety, Motueka with the American IPA, Booming Rollers.
STYLE GUIDELINES
This beer is being evaluated as an American IPA (21A) in the context of the 2015 Beer Style Guidelines of the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). The most current version of the guidelines can be found on the BJCP website.
TASTING NOTES
Booming Rollers sits in the glass in semi-clear gold color. At a glance, this may seem like another of those watered-down pale ales, but the nose proved us wrong. Initial aromas of lemon, grapefruit, caramel bar, graham crackers, and dried grass come forward. Warmer, we started smelling freshly picked thyme and a faint yet soothing note of vanilla. On the palate, this West Coast-style IPA rolls in with dominant flavors of grapefruit, green tea, and pine bitterness– all in a crisp and light body.
THE VERDICT
Overall, the crisp, clean, and masterfully hop-centric, Booming Rollers reminded us of why we fell in love with the American IPAs.
