Laguinitas Brewery's IPA

I've heard a lot about this brewery and this beer, but it's fairly disappointing.

Pours a deep amber with a decent light tan head and moderate carbonation. Nothing fancy, nothing bad.

Smells slightly malty, kind of bitter. A bit grassy in the smell, but that disappears in the taste. Right up front you get a shorp bitterness, but it's just bitterness for bitternesses' sake. It's not grassy, or piney, or floral, just nondescript and bitter.

I'll admit that this one has been in the fridge and may not be very fresh, so I'll have to give this one another try. But it only gets one more strike.