Mojo IPA - Boulder Beer Company

    Mojo IPA (India Pale Ale) is made by the people at Boulder Beer Company which is located in Boulder, Colorado. This beer was a part of my first shipment from a craft brew club that I was given a membership to as a Christmas gift.

    Mojo IPA pours a bright golden color with just the slightest bit of a foamy layer of head on top.

    The IPA smells somewhat of yeasty bread as well as citrus and piney smelling hops. The scent of the beer is more on the malt/earthy side than the hoppy/fruity side. The beer still smells pleasantly floral.

    Mojo is a somewhat thin-bodied beer with a medium carbonation level that keeps the beer feeling refreshing and creamy on the palette.

mmm IPA goodness

    The beer's flavor includes the expected presence of a lot of hops. A sweet malt backbone really does its job well in balancing out the bitterness of the hops, keeping their flavor enjoyable and not too overpowering. Mojo IPA has a sneaky alcohol content of 7.2% ABV that is not at all perceptible behind the great hops flavor. Some notes of citrus fruit can be tasted as well as a slight piney, resinous flavor which sounds unpleasant, but isn't.

    As usual, I find myself wondering as to the naming of the beer. When thinking of the word mojo, images of someone with a huge personality, or a lot of charisma come to mind. IPAs, as a style of beer, definitely fit the huge personality category when it comes to other styles of beer. I suppose that this is where the name comes from, though I prefer my own explanation, that this is the favorite beer of the cartoon character Mojojojo, even though it kind of dates me as well as hints at the cartoons I used to watch...

    Overall Mojo IPA is a well-balanced India Pale Ale. The lighter body and medium carbonation make for a very easy drinking ale that still offers a large amount of flavor. Mojo doesn't really do anything wrong, but then again, doesn't really stand out from the myriad of other IPA brands. While Mojo falls short of being a great IPA, it is still quite a good, refreshing beer.

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