I give them points for doing something a little bit differently on this one while still keeping to the genre. I also should have noted earlier that the malt actually has a lot of character to it, it's not just 2-row with wheat and oats. I do appreciate the very authentic citrus character, and the fact that they've kept some bitterness to it whereas a lot of juicy and hazy IPAs these days go more for the sweeter side of things. I think this is a decent beer but it's nothing really special. The head held up about as well as I expected it to do given the drop at the outset and it didn't leave a whole lot of lacing behind what was there was temporary and faded to next to nothing at this point. That's quite often the case for me though so I'm not sure. I'm quite sure that there's some wheat in the grain bill as you can taste it, giving it that bready quality, but I'm not finding any oats. I used to work at a place that sold it and people would FLOCK to buy dollar four packs of the shit. In the mouth it's medium bodied and gently crisp with a moderate, fine bubbled carbonation and extra proteins that give it added smoothness. Discussion I’m from Boston, so the amount of people with Lord Hobo’s Boom Sauce in their hand is astounding. It's firmly bitter, and dry and gently acidic in the finish with the citrus and earthy and piney/resinous notes lingering. I think that the orange and grapefruit are the main notes but there's also some mango, passionfruit, berry, earthiness, and pine. Those notes in combination with the bitterness that's there remind me of grapefruit pith. The taste follows with some acidity and added herbal, grassy, and "dank" notes. The beer pours a cloudy orange color, while the body is medium and easy to drink. The beer features an alcohol content of 7.8 percent, with a bright bitterness. A flagship IPA of Lord Hobo Brewing, the entire brewing process plus the dry hopping offers you a balance of citrus and tropical fruits. There's not a whole lot of aroma to it but what's there is citrusy with a combination of orange and grapefruit backed by a thin curtain of otherwise tropical fruits. Boom Sauce is a New England India Pale Ale. I wonder if I need to salt my glass again to get it back to "beer clean". I thought that the head retention would be better but it's dwindling a bit. Notes via stream of consciousness: 617 has the almost always typical hazy golden and lightly orange tinted body beneath a finger's width of white foam. $20.99/12pk variety case Javies Beverage, Phila., PA
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