From the Dieselpunk Brew website: "Once, ours was a dark metropolis rife with corruption and urban decay;
our soot-covered city needed to be restored. Fueled with inspiration,
we look to what the future holds in our new city — our vision inevitably
tainted by a layer of grime. Fuel your vision with Dieselpunk
Engineered Ales."It's a good mission statement, I'll give 'em that. World Brews out of Novato, CA also produced a porter and a stout in their line of Dieselpunk Brews, dark ales for an industrialized world. Haven't tried those, couldn't say anything about their quality. But their IPA, is it a good brew?
On first pour you can see it has a thick, prominent head. I don't know whether you can really avoid that with every pour. It has a dark copper color, nearly red, and you can pick up right away the bouquet. It's sweet, like honey and apples; that may be the hops. Normally there'd be a citris-y quality, but not this time, or if it's there I couldn't taste it. The hoppiness starts off strong, but mellows out with every drink, and has a heavy, bittersweet finish. I really couldn't pick up any malty sweetness. I've had better IPAs. I'm damning it with faint praise by saying it's got novalty value. It's drinkable, and it'd be acceptable for anybody that has a steampunk/dieselpunk theme going at a sci-fi convention. The box art and the bottlecap even has the Rocketeer's helmet as part of the design, I gotta give 'em credit for that. But personally, if you're looking for a good IPA, then I'd tell you to put this back on the shelf.Photo credits - Dieselpunk IPA, source: monarch-beverage.com. Bottlecap photo, source: untappd.com
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