Bowden Brewing Brain Fog Hazy

Can you function as a brewpub-based operation these days and not have a hazy pale ale of some sort in your lineup? Bowden's brewers clearly don't think so, concocting one around the undeniable charms of Citra, Galaxy and Mosaic hops and the Verdant IPA yeast strain.

They come together in a beer with pillowy and sweet aromas that are part lemon meringue, part tropi-citrus and pineapple, albeit with a danker underbelly. There’s some grassiness texturally, which makes it come across leaner than you might expect on the palate while remaining smooth. There's plenty of fruitiness lingering right through to the faintly grippy finish too.

James Smith