When it comes to beer reviews, I’ve been known to take the long way home on occasion, the scenic route if you will. A fanciful digression, a bittersweet reminiscence, a tangential departure from the task at hand. I must admit, I have done some pint opining at times and been the author of some colourful yet questionable segues. But I find that the scenic route provides you with the opportunity to smell the roses, to seize the day and make the most of the hand you are dealt, as well as the opportunity to employ a number of trite clichés.
Most oxymorons ring true, jumbo shrimp and civil engineer come to mind. But “less is more” * does not only make no sense to me, it just isn’t correct. Less, being a relative term, is in fact never more but always less, unless it is in fact more, than it is definitely not less. Sometimes it is a little less, sometimes quite a bit less, but nonetheless it is less, more or less So regardless of what the marketing mavens may tells us, a light beer is always less and like the Raven said, never more. Case in point, this session IPA from Railway City.
Session IPAs are less, less ABV, less juice, less body, less. And this offering from RC is no exception to the rule. A pale pour, light and bubbly, less everything including less head. A mild citrus and hops aroma. The taste is light, meek but not weak. An easy going citrus fruit body and mild hops but some lingering malt funk bitters on the aftertaste, which seems strangely out of place with this brew. The funk bitter backstop is not heavy but tends to derail the overall lightness.
You know when you take a trip and everything is great, except maybe one thing, which sticks in your craw and bugs you. This Scenic Route is just that. An OK session, with a score that is less, not more.
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