Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA

Today, I have Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA in my glass.  This one is bursting with ripe, almost rotten fruit flavor, like a fruit plate that's been left out too long.  I think that's the Mosaic hops talking; they can get a little funky.  This one is good, if a bit light on the tongue.  Probably lends itself best to hot summer days.  It pours out a rich copper color, little head but strong retention.  Not overly bitter, too funky to be sweet, good hop showing with a malty finish.  Lingers fruity in the mouth: peach and mango.  Others love this beer, but to me it feels like the crazy cousin who seems nice, and you can't quite put your finger on what's exactly wrong, but something is off and it's unignorable (just as unignorable is unignorably not a word).  If you've been waiting for a beer to perfectly marry the sensibilities of sweet Citra hops with funky Mosaic hops, then Fresh Squeezed might be your jam.

Surly Overrated

Today I have Surly's Overrated in my glass.  And I'll be honest with you, my first thought was that maybe there's a little truth in the name. I wasn't immediately wowed.  I didn't initially feel that my search across several stores to pay $10 for a four pack of this beer was worth it.  But slowly it unpeeled like a better-smelling onion and revealed itself to me and it's really a very good IPA.  Maybe a little thin for my taste, but definitely a complex beer!  Some grapefruit, a definite but not overwhelming aspirin bitterness, but most interestingly a mild but pervasive wintergreen note shining through on the finish.  Nice work!  Little confused about the artwork though.  Little red, decent amount of white, and mostly blue, with stars, fireworks, and fighter planes...this looks like a Fourth of July beer.  But today is June Sixth.  Help me out guys.