Harvest Now, Decrypt Later
Azvex Brewing Company in Liverpool, Merseyside, England 🏴
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.32
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A bright, aromatic IPA built around a trifecta of citrus, stone fruit and heady tropicals. Citra lays down the familiar core of lime, orange and grapefruit, while Eclipse pushes in vivid mandarin and a touch of pine. Galaxy rounds it out with lush passionfruit, peach and a soft herbal drift. The result is a layered, high-impact profile that moves from zesty and punchy through to full, juicy intensity, all wrapped in a smooth, modern finish.
The name pulls from the world of future-proofing and long-game problem solving, where information or ideas are stored now with the expectation that their full meaning will only unlock later. We liked the parallel with this hop combo: punchy up front, but revealing more depth as it opens up, as if each sip decrypts another layer.
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Large tight white head on a milky golden coloured body.
Paje malt, oat & citrus aroma
Medium to full, smooth with a sharp clean back.
Lime, grapefruit, citrus pithy & bitter hop tastes.
Standard Azvex - Good stuff.
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Can from House Of Trembling Madness. Milky golden body with an off-white head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of lime and orange. Flavour of white candy sticks and orange. Medium body with a smooth mouthfeel. A hoppy and slightly sweet IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 23/01/2026.
Murky dirty golden to deep orange topped with a lasting creamy white head.
Nose is orange zest, light floral whisper, grass, pine needle, mandarin.
Taste comprises bitter orange, dank chimes, guava, grass.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with earthy come grassy hop bitterness.
Decent if a touch raw.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
440ml can from House of Trembling Madness. A hazy golden/orange/yellow coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, citrus, orange, grapefruit, pine, tropical fruit taste, aroma is something similar. A quite decent offering from Azvex.
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
4th Jan 2026
Can. Hazy yellowish gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Airy palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Light smooth pale malts, a decent creamy sweetness. Soft cooling pine into broad spectrum hop fruits. Slightly tangy citrus, a little stone fruits, mild tropical fruits. Mild hop spice on the light finish that also reveals the lightest touch of skunk. Good clean IPA, typical Azvex then. A little more hop welly would not have gone amiss but, that is a minor nit pick.