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We’ve had a long, long day. We left Chicago at 7 a.m. this morning and have been working all day. We finally arrived at Faultline Brewing Company around 8 p.m. (Pacific Time, so that’s 10 p.m. Chicago time). It looked like a good place to eat, and it was a brewery, so I figured I couldn’t go wrong.
Whenever I go to a brewpub, I always try to have what’s in the cask, so I ordered the cask conditioned IPA. The menu said it was 6.7% ABV and was “A light colored, yet strong & full flavored ale with pronounced American citrus hop aroma & bitterness.”
It came with a frothy white head from being pulled and was surprisingly very, very clear for a cask conditioned ale. It was a yellow color with a slight tinge of amber to it. It had a faint smell of hoppiness, although I was expecting more of a hop aroma from a cask conditioned IPA.
Unfortunately, the taste matched the smell. It had a bit of hoppiness, but definitely not the hop bitterness I would expect from an IPA. The hop flavor was more on the citrusy side. It was a bit creamy, but that’s something I think I expect from a cask conditioned ale. For the most part, it was very thin in body, and in all honesty, it tasted like a watered down IPA.
I didn’t have food with this, nor would I really recommend anyone order it with or without food. I was really disappointed with this beer. I did order a few more (reviews following shortly) with higher hopes for the brewery.
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