Stash IPA by Independence Brewery San Antonio

Stash IPA by Independence Brewery San Antonio:

An IPA in Texas??? Is it legit???? Is it actually made with those strange things called HOPS??????

Well this is an interesting situation for me.

We all know from previous posts I am a "hophead", so please bear with me on this. I had, had hoppy beers in front of this one, so initially here was my response.

Aroma: citrus & grapefruit. Color: golden with slight amberish hue. Flavor: Bitter, not citrusy, subtle spiciness.

About two weeks later, had it out of the blue, and it had changed completely.


Tasted like a brown ale with hints of fruitiness. Almost like the raspberry brown by lost coast brewing. Weird? Yes indeed.  Brown with some fruitiness is what I now taste. At 7% and 70 IBU's, the bitterness was there, but again was not there the 2 weeks after.

I'd say choose a safer IPA.