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Episode 68: Santa Maria Brewing Company\u2019s Mo-Tra Blood Orange IPA

It\u2019s the Two Minute Beer Review!

I\u2019m Andrew Burkum and it\u2019s that time again where we take on that massive craft brew aisle to find the hidden treasures waiting for us there.

This week we\u2019re taking a look at Mo-Tra Blood Orange IPA from Santa Maria Brewing Company in Atascadero, CA. Will this one turn us into orange-sucking vampires? Let\u2019s find out!

Mo-Tra is a dark cloudy golden, trending toward brown in the glass. You can smell the orange on this one from a mile away. It\u2019s full of the promise of lush juice and bright fruit. From the scent, I couldn\u2019t wait to try it out.

But what about the taste? Mo-Tra hits right up front with a big wall of orange juice, just like the scent promises. There\u2019s not a whole lot of bitterness here, but if you swing more toward the juicy end of modern IPAs in your taste, you\u2019re going to find a whole lot to like here. Sadly, there\u2019s not a ton of bitterness to offset all that juice, so for my taste it does get a bit sweeter than I would like. It\u2019s not candy-sweet, but just enough over the edge on that side that I\u2019d like to have a more powerful bitter side to balance things out just a bit.

Santa Maria adds oranges to their mix during secondary fermentation and then highlights this juice with a couple of varieties of hops that are also known to produce bright, citrusy notes. As such, if you\u2019re looking for plenty of orange flavor, this beer will be a perfect selection for you. Mo-Tra tracks at 7.2% Alcohol by Volume, so it\u2019s got the good strength of a standard IPA to back up that flavorful orange punch.

That\u2019s all for this week, but I hope you\u2019ll join me next week as we take a look at Lateral 6 Juicy IPA by Dust Bowl Brewing in Turlock, CA. With hops imported from New Zealand and Australia, will this be an adventure down under? We\u2019ll find out next week.

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