Worth trying, but I won't be having this one again. The quality of the ingredients used definitely shows here. Overall, I'd say it drinks like a mediocre homebrew at best. M - The feel is smooth, crisp, & clean, with some residual piney, resinous, bitter hop presence building up as the beer drinks on. Only a very minor earthiness imparted from the Louisville slugger maple bats(?) but no suggestions of maple, wood, or vanilla are apparent. Mildly fruity and orangey, but I wouldn't know this was brewed with orange peel if the can didn't tell me. T - Taste is the same: bread crust, grainy malt, and a mild leafy / earthy / grassy tea leaf sort of presence. Only very minor suggestions of citrus or orange peels, and just a vague suggestion of earthy / musty woodiness is present from the maple bats. No pine, citrus, or fruity hop content to be had here. Mild spotty lacing, but nothing to brag about. Body is a medium-copper / burnt sienna orange. "Ale brewed with orange peel" per the banner on the front of the can.Ī - Pours two fingers of thin bubbly khaki-tan head that falls quickly. I come to find this is brewed once a year by many volunteer breweries with donated hops, malts, and cans, and also aged on donated Louisville Slugger maple bats. I spotted a six pack of this oddity at the local beer store, and I saw it was brewed by Revolution Brewing, so I couldn't resist. can, with canned on date printed on the bottom of the can. This was quite the beer! Feb 28, 2016ġ2 fl oz. Finish had a woody (no pun intended) quality to accompany the hops, again more akin to a DIPA. It was certainly different for an AIPA! I liked it, but it also had a heat that made it seem bigger than just 6.2%, more akin to a DIPA. The taste was a mélange of flavors, from orange and grapefruit citrus to evergreen mint to a vanilla sweetness that may have been from the baseball bats (!). The lacing that coated the glass as the foam began to fall was going to require a jackhammer to remove! Mouthfeel was medium-to-full, not quite creamy. Color was Amber to Deep Amber/Light Copper (SRM = > 9, < 13) with NE-quality clarity. Nose smelled of orange & grapefruit in terms of citrus, pine tar for mint and an oaky scent for wood. The three-plus fingers of dense, French Vanilla-colored head that jumped up almost immediately frightened me & I backed off to allow it to settle. Along with that, I was getting some foaming through the vent, so I allowed it to have some calming time before proceeding with the Glug. For more information on this effort, please visit: The Crack! released some CO2 with a "Psssh!" that was reminiscent of cartoons or a comedy routine. All proceeds from the sale from the sale of Homefront IPA are donated to military-based charities. Released every year around Memorial Day, 2015's Homefront IPA team is: 21st Amendment, Center of the Universe, Cigar City, Fremont, Left Hand, Maui, Palmetto, Perennial Artisan, Revolution, and Stone Brewing. Homefront is aged on donated Louisville Slugger (tm) bats, brewed with donated hops from Yakima's Puterbaugh Farms and donated grain from Cargill, and packaged in donated s from Crown. Every subsequent visit to ChiCANgo is now like preaching to the choir! We are hearing of CANs in every small town nationwide and even the Painted Women & the Farm Boys have joined us.įrom the CAN: "Ale Brewed With Orange Peel" "Pack It In Pack It Out" "Homefront IPA was created in 2011 by craft brewers with one goal in mind: to honor and support the men and women of America's armed forces. When I first signed up for The CANQuest (tm), I was ridiculed & reviled, but with every passing day, there are more people getting on board. "Lissen up, you Heroes! A Revolution is Brewing on the Homefront!" That was the battle cry during my earliest visit to the Nation's Freight Handler and so I gathered up my Hops, my CANs and joined the rest of my Company.