Epic Sip
Lawson's Finest Liquids in Waitsfield, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.28
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Our larger than life Imperial IPA delivers a juicy tropical fruit hop character with a balanced malt backbone. Crack it open breathe it in, and experience dynamic hop aromas of epic proportions.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pours dark gold into a snifter. White head with medium retention recedes to mottle surface. Caramel and pine aromas. Thick with sweet caramel and pine front to back. Lasting warm pine finish.
Tried
on 16 May 2026
at 23:22
7/10
Tried
on 26 Apr 2026
at 23:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
19.2 Fl. Oz. can purchased on my 2026 Vermont Easter trip. Clean, golden with a warm off-white frothy head, good retention and creamyish lacing streaks. Big citrus aromas with oranges, some tropical-stone fruit notes and a tad herbaceous hoppiness. Again, full-on oranges in the taste, with a nice balanced between the juice and zest. A wet mouthfeel with a touch of hop bitterness, going into some soft dryness. The alcohol is fairly well-hidden. Not hazy, full-juicy like NEIPA, not overly grassy like West Coast IPAs, but a nice in between that is quite easy to drink for 9.5% ABV.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2026
at 23:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Lawson's mostly top shelf for IPAs with me. This stovepipe can was acquired from Half Time some months ago, time to have a sampling. A basic beer glass is in place and I pour. The arrival is a clear orange-amber body completed by a full head of off-white foam. The smell is obvious at opening of the can, I get sweet tropical, citrus and a promise of hops. The taste is, well, it is good, strikes me as a hybrid IPA, a little of this, a bit of that. There is orange juice, grapefruit, plenty of hops and an accompanying bitterness, malt, crackers, caramel and a touch of mangoes. I will say IPAs are a distance from my favorite styles but this is one fine IPA. WC or NE style, you take your choice.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Apr 2026
at 00:51
7.6/10
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2026
at 22:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can to tulip.
Though the description above might not say it, the truth about this beer is thay it takes the Sip of Sunshine recipe and they brewed it bigger, therefore not a full review from me here other than the fact that it's way more of a sipper now because of the higher ABV. I could come back to this.
Though the description above might not say it, the truth about this beer is thay it takes the Sip of Sunshine recipe and they brewed it bigger, therefore not a full review from me here other than the fact that it's way more of a sipper now because of the higher ABV. I could come back to this.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2026
at 19:04