A number of breweries are trying their hand at finding the perfect balance between a low ABV and a strong hop forward flavor profile. Pyramid has offered up their Ditto, a session IPA which hits a number of the marks to make for a solid effort. There is a fair amount of floral and piney hop notes that are immediately present after the initial sip. A wheaty, grain-heavy backbone allows these more oily and resinous elements to dominate. There is a smaller amount of bitterness when compared to traditional India Pale Ales or imperial IPAs. The beer is able to stay coherent as it continues to warm, with a shifting set of flavors eliciting hints of malt and barley before too long. This scintillating tendency of Ditto makes it a beer that one will gladly drink again.
Ditto is one of those beers that you can sit back and sip over the course of a sporting event or other social activity. The (relatively) lower IPA makes it easy to demolish a few bottles. For those individuals that may not be fans of incredibly hopped efforts, Ditto represents a perfect sort of introduction to the IPA style. There is a broad crossover appeal to Ditto that will appease fans of pilsners, lagers, and pale ales; the beer is a bit more formidable than comparable macrobrew efforts.
Pyramid does well in making their Ditto deep and detailed enough to get even those veteran hop heads wanting to pick up a bottle. For additional information about the full product line and Pyramid’s year round and seasonal efforts check out their domain. New product information and day-to-day updates can be accessed at the brewery’s Facebook or Twitter. We’ve covered a Pyramid offering in the past; give our Super Snow Cap article a spin.
Rating: 7.9/10
Ditto Session IPA / 4.5% ABV / 45 IBU / Pyramid Brewery / http://www.pyramidbrew.com/ / http://facebook.com/pyramidbrew / http://twitter.com/pyramidbrew /
John Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC hardware, consumer tech, and gaming culture since 1998. With over 25 years of continuous digital publishing experience, he has written thousands of hands-on game and record reviews, conducted in-depth hardware field testing, and analyzed digital media monetization trends. His work prioritizes first-hand evaluation and long-term product testing.
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