Union Rye Baby 6.5%

USA, Maryland, Baltimore
IPA
$12ish/6 pack

Poundability: 3/5
Value: 3.5/5
Overall: 3.5/5

Visually copper/orange with a slight haziness and fast rising bubbles.

Aromas of pine, spruce with a touch of resin.  I find most Unions to have a similar smell/taste to them.  Not a complaint, I like the variations off the base profile.  Annnnway, also got a little biscuit/breadyness from the malts.

Not overly alcoholic tasting and at 6.5% it shouldn't be.  Got some pine flavor along with delicious chocolaty/malty/bready overtones, but not overwhelming.  Great integration of hops and malts, neither one over powering the other.  Standard IPA bitterness but not a hop bomb which has become the norm in recent years, regretfully.  I'm all for a nice bitter hop profile but not when it's at  1,000,000,000 IBU's.  Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnway found it had a nice spice character as well, due to the Rye no doubt.

Overall I found it had a nice creamy mouth feel.  High poundability despite the bitterness of the hops and the dry hopping which I find can make many beers way to......dry tasting.  Totally biased as they're from Baltimore but I hate on some Maryland beers (not naming names) FYI.  Many IPA's can lose there poundability due to the bitter nature of the style but Union balances it perfectly!  Would revisit and recommend!