Sam Adams Grumpy Monk Belgian IPA

Within the blended style trend among craft beers is the sub-trend of Belgian style blends, specifically Belgian IPA's. One of Sam Adams' new available-all-the-time beers is Whitewater IPA, which is very similar to this one. It starts off with a extremely tall fluffy white head, pouring over a cloudy glass of liquid gold. Floral/piney hops hits right away, followed by the sweet Belgian-ness. On the back end there's a wee bit o'orange and...whoa...is that banana? Why yes, I think it is! Pretty good melding of the two styles. Too bad it's a limited edition.