Sunday Night Suds - Saranac Hop Harvest Haze IPA

This week's Sunday Night Suds looks at Saranac Brewery's Hop Harvest Haze IPA.

The Saranac Hop Harvest Haze IPA is one of two new beers in the Saranac German Roots mix box  for 2019. The box also includes new entry Hopskeller, as well as old standards Black Forest (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2010/01/sunday-night-suds-saranac-black-forest.html ) and Octoberfest (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2009/10/sunday-night-suds-saranac-octoberfest.html ) which is to be expected in a fall box calling itself "German Roots." 

This the second consecutive mix box from Saranac featuring a "Haze", the prior box for Summer containing the Summer Haze IPA (reviewed here   https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2019/08/sunday-night-suds-saranac-summer-haze.html). Much like the Summer Haze IPA, this beer is somewhat cloudy and is a very dark gold in color. But this beer also stands on its own as the hops make you swear that there is grapefruit juice. Yet all of the flavor comes from the mix of Citra, Mosaic, and Galaxy hops.

The beer runs 6% abv and packs a little bit of a punch. If you are looking for a medium bitter brew with a kick, this would be a good choice.

The Hop Harvest Haze IPA is under the Kosher Supervision of the Va'ad of Detroit as is every other beer produced at the Matt Brewery plant in Utica, NY. Keep in mind, Saranac brews some varieties off site, so check the cans/bottles for kosher certification from the Va'ad of Detroit.

To see what the experts on Beer Advocate think about the brew, please follow this link https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/99/435306.

As always, please remember to drink responsibly and to never waste good beer unless there is no designated driver.

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