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Maya's Spruce Tip IPA

Denali Brewing Company
United States·IPA
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Maya's Spruce Tip IPA is built on a pilsner malt base with locally sourced spruce tips, giving it a pine edge and a crisp finish. Golden in color, 6.5% ABV and 60 IBU. Sixty pounds of those tips were gathered for it by students who lost their summer jobs to covid, and the beer celebrates the hard-working families of the Upper Susitna Valley.

ABV
6.5%
Bitterness
Strongly bitter60 IBU
Resinous hop bitterness
SRM
golden8
PaceTwo or Three
Where this beer sits
Body
lightfull-bodied
Sweetness
drysweet
Bitterness
mildbitter
Texture
crispcreamy
What makes this beer itself
MaltHop
pineyhoppyclean
piney
hoppy
clean
herbal
tropical
citrusy
Aroma
The nose is dominated by fresh pine and resinous spruce, immediately declaring the locally gathered adjunct at the beer's heart.
not found:juicy,caramel,fruity,smoky

Tasting Notes

AI-generated sensory profile for Maya's Spruce Tip IPA

◎ Appearance

Golden and bright, with excellent clarity and a fine white head that settles into a thin collar with good retention. The carbonation is lively and persistent, lending the beer a crisp visual presentation that suggests the refreshing character to follow.

bright goldenfine white headwell-carbonated

◌ Aroma

The nose is dominated by fresh pine and resinous spruce, immediately declaring the locally gathered adjunct at the beer's heart. Beneath lies a clean pilsner malt sweetness with subtle citrus and herbal undertones, while the Edelhopfen variety contributes a bright, green-tinged top note without aggressive intensity.

piney, resinousspruce-forwardbright citrus notes

◐ Taste

The palate opens with a clean, crisp entry carrying pronounced pine and herbal character from the spruce tips, building into a balanced mid-palate where light tropical hop notes emerge alongside the malt's soft grain foundation. The 60 IBU bitterness arrives as a firm but measured presence, finishing with a dry, peppery bite that complements rather than overwhelms.

pine-drivencrisp and cleanbalanced bitterness

◑ Finish

The finish is dry and lingering, with a herbal-piney character fading gracefully into a subtle tropical hop aftertaste. The refreshing quality persists through a moderately long fade.

dry, herballingering finish
82
hopIQ score
Aroma
85
Taste
82
Appearance
84
Finish
80
Serve at 8–11°C

Serve well-chilled. Session IPAs are at their best cold — the lower ABV means less warmth to balance the hops.

Tulip glass

The curved shape concentrates hop aromas and supports a thick head. Essential for aromatic ales and IPAs where the nose is half the experience.

Drink fresh. Session IPAs are brewed to be consumed young — the hops are at their best now.

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About IPA

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What is a IPA?

IPAs are hop-forward ales with 5.5–7.5% ABV and IBU 40–70+. Bold hop aroma — citrus, tropical, resinous — with firm bitterness and a dry, clean finish.

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