giving a chance

I've been seeing Mahou's IPA, made in collaboration with Founders, on supermarket shelves for a while now.  Mahou has tried its hand at craft style beers before, and the results were not all that disappointing.  Now, with the help of Founders proudly noted, their more modern session IPA might have even more of a craft slant.  The things I do for information gathering...

"More intense", "More flavor"!  Almost anything is more than regular Mahou!

It's pretty clear-colored, but bubbly, foamy head, and bright, citrus-hoppy smell.  The first sip has a puff of bitterness but a little orange flavor peeps out in the aftertaste.  It definitely tastes like an IPA, similar to Cibeles, and in spite of the clarity it's quite a mouthful.  The beer itself has a slightly weighty feel and leaves a little stickiness behind too.  Like those supported crafts, it is very balanced and doesn't show a lot of change from start to finish, a good quality when the beer isn't the main focus.