 Thanks for checking out this episode of brutal battle beer break today I'm gonna be trying an IPA. It is by a half-acre beer company out of Chicago, Illinois It is 6.7% alcohol by volume and it is called the lejo IPA You know, they do a lot of 16 ounce cans or pounders as people call them big big fan of pounders here I feel like it's the perfect amount when I want one beer because I usually just don't want 12 ounces I feel like 16 ounces when I want one beer is right on Anyway, let's pop this sucker. I will have to say for the sake of freshness. This is not a massively fresh Can right here. It's about two months out So well within the three months in which I like to have my IPAs but not super super super fresh So if you ended up getting this within like one month or half a month or whatever It may be even more vibrant So who knows but just wanted to disclose that All right, looks yellowish with a nice Orangey tinge to it real big bubbles decent head on that Let's smell this. Oh Yeah, it smells very very citrusy Some malt sweetness in there as well to back it up A little faint bitterness on there, but plenty of grapefruit notes Maybe a little bit of a mango aspect as well and some straight-up orange But it smells very nice very very nice and it smells clean as well It smells like it's gonna finish like super clean Not as clean of a finish as I was expecting based on the nose But that's not bad at all like that's not that's not a To the detriment of the beer at all There's more flavor that lingers than I was expecting there would be which is great. There's more of a robust Body to it than I was expecting It's a little more syrupy than I was thinking for six point seven percent alcohol by volume, but that's great hmm Little bit of a citrus rind aspect with the bitterness to it like grapefruit rind Little grapefruit flavor in there a little of that orange and I get a little bit of that mango aspect too with like the slight piney-ness in there relatively juicy but with just enough of that bitterness to really back it up and the mouthfeel the mouthfeel is nice I mean, it's Present it's very present some of these IPAs you get they're like watery. It's like hot water This is not that way and this is the way I prefer to have IPAs So anyway, everybody. Thank you for checking this out Half acre big fan typically love Daisy Cutter You name and everything else. Hey, Oka. Oh wait, Senita now I believe that beer's changed so many names But a big fan of half acre and this Vallejo has not disappointed whatsoever. So thank you so much Thank you everyone for watching this and if you have ideas of any beers You want to see me try on this or on the regular podcast? Go ahead and just send an email to a brutal battle podcast at email comm Also, just check out the actual podcast on iTunes or Stitcher or also on Google Play now Or just on the website brutal battle comm So anyways, thank you everybody once again and go have yourself an awesome beer