405. Hop River Brewing Company (Fort Wayne, IN) - Lasers in the Jungle

“A modern India Pale Ale brewed with two new school American bred hops—Mosaic and Citra. Bitterness is overall low; while the aroma is complex and tropical.”

This is a very straighforward IPA that leans a little more toward Mosaic than Citra in the hop profile. It deepens a little as it warms up, but it’s not especially interesting in any way. The most noteworthy thing about this beer, for me, is that it represents a new Indiana city in this odyssey of mine. While there isn’t much else to remark about this ultra-conservative dead-end of a state, its craft beer scene is surprisingly vibrant—and not just in Indianapolis, a somewhat-reasoned outlier in a state that is otherwise what one of my buddies at the old juke joint refers to as, “the middle finger of the south.” Fort Wayne is the 21st Indiana city whose beer I have tried.