Varietal Beer Company Mirrorshades

Mirrorshades

 

Varietal Beer Company in Sunnyside, Washington, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.75
ABV: 6.7% IBU: - Ticks: 4
Experimental IPA

Ride the edge with this experimental IPA brewed with Simcoe & Mosaic, a hop-dip of Citra Incognito & a double dry-hopping with Abstrax Citra, Simcoe, Mosaic, Nectarine & Nelson for a laminated flavor expression. It’s a futuristic fruit salad of hops.
 

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7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Slight haze. Very thin head. On the nose, a little bit of allium, mushroom. Also, though, some stone fruit, though individual hop notes aren't necessarily coming through all that strongly. Medium bitterness. There's a little bit of malt sweetness that's actually quite nice.
Tried from Can on 23 Apr 2026 at 03:03

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
16 oz. can, pours a clear copper golden with a small white head. Nose has plenty of citrusy hops, some pine, resinous hop oils, some earthiness, and crisp biscuity malt—that’s a lot of hop different hops, and I’m unsure of their cohesion. Flavour is rather jumbled, with a touch of dankness, earthy hops, some citrus, and bready malt. Rather timid hop expression, possibly because this is nearly 4 months old. As is, it’s okay, but clearly somewhat diminished.
Tried from Can from Elizabeth Station on 23 Apr 2026 at 03:01

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Poured from 473mL can (pkg Dec 29, 2025). Clear-ish yellow gold with small white head. Muted citrus and stonefruit hops, clean, a bit old, average.
Tried from Can on 23 Apr 2026 at 02:59

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
473mL can. Pours clear pale gold with a white head. Dry pine, resin, melon, and some dank notes on the nose. Flavour has pine, resins, melon, nectarines. Sweet pale malts. Hop expression is pretty timid, might be a bit older than it needs to be. Pretty solid, but would have been better fresher.
Tried from Can from Elizabeth Station on 22 Apr 2026 at 23:03