Sam Adams Rebel Grapefruit IPA

The label says that it's brewed with real grapefruit, so I was expecting something like a radler or a shandy, but I was pleasantly surprised with the complexity of the latest offering in Sam Adams' Rebel series. You can taste the grapefruit, but at first it seems like it's a characteristic of the hops rather than added flavoring. Speaking of hops, the IBU level is 52, which is not super high on the hoppiness scale, but fairly bitter nonetheless. the beer warms up a little, I can detect some of the actual grapefruit in the mix - more like grapefruit peel than grapefruit juice though. Back to the hops - there is some grapefruitiness in the hop bill, but pine notes as well, making this an interesting brew to say the least. I'd recommend this as a summer ale and give it a 7.5 on the IGB scale of tastiness.