The Doorway Effect
Verdant Brewing Co in Penryn, Cornwall, England 🏴
Collab with: Left Handed Giant Brewing Co.IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Special
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An 8% New England DIPA brewed in collaboration with Left Handed Giant
Earlier this year, and by pure coincidence, both breweries selected identical lots of Mosaic & Simcoe (Coleman Farm, Oregon) and Nectaron & Nelson Sauvin (Mac Hops, NZ). From there, the doors opened, and the recipes diverged. The result is two distinct 8% DIPAs that explore the wildly different consequences our brewing choices can have.
Our half of the story, ‘The Doorway Effect’, lands today on the webshop. It’s a big, hoppy monster of a DIPA designed to showcase the vibrancy of these specific lots. Expect saturated hop aroma and a rounded mouthfeel. It’s bright, zippy, juicy, and even a little wild around the edges.
Across the hallway, LHG have crafted their own interpretation: ‘Hidden Volumes’. Go check it out, it's available on their webshop now.
Same starting point, two different paths.
Only you can decide how the story ends
Earlier this year, and by pure coincidence, both breweries selected identical lots of Mosaic & Simcoe (Coleman Farm, Oregon) and Nectaron & Nelson Sauvin (Mac Hops, NZ). From there, the doors opened, and the recipes diverged. The result is two distinct 8% DIPAs that explore the wildly different consequences our brewing choices can have.
Our half of the story, ‘The Doorway Effect’, lands today on the webshop. It’s a big, hoppy monster of a DIPA designed to showcase the vibrancy of these specific lots. Expect saturated hop aroma and a rounded mouthfeel. It’s bright, zippy, juicy, and even a little wild around the edges.
Across the hallway, LHG have crafted their own interpretation: ‘Hidden Volumes’. Go check it out, it's available on their webshop now.
Same starting point, two different paths.
Only you can decide how the story ends
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can at home picked up from Fusse club. A clouded deep orange coloured pour with a a lasting sticky off white head. Aroma is semi sweet, nice big dank, pissy hop, waxy citrus, some nz hop vibes, some creany wheat. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, creamy wheat, rolled oats, pithy dank citrus, dishcloth, mild hop burn. Palate is creamy, rounded, slick, mild hop burn, moderate carbonation.. Big ol assertive hop bitterness lingering.
Tried
from Can
from The Fuss Club
on 23 May 2026
at 20:18
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from Hop Burns and Black. Pours a deeply cloudy amber, looks like a smoothie. Nice head if you get the pour right. Dank hops on the nose and tongue - papaya, orange, kiwi, onion. Full bodied, smooth carbonation. Nice but I found it a bit one-dimensional.
Tried
from Can
at
Hop Burns & Black - Dulwich
on 15 May 2026
at 20:35
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Juicy fruity aromas of mango, peach, papaya, pineapple, grapefruit, mandarin. Flavours of zesty orange, papaya, peach, grapefruit, pineapple. Humungously juicy, quite the fruit cocktail. Brassy bold juicy hoppy finish. Top quality dipper 😋
Tried
from Draft
at
Star & Garter
on 09 May 2026
at 18:57
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at Society, Bingohame, 01/05/2026.
Murky orange topped with a lasting off white head.
Nose is ripe tropicana, dank chimes, pine resin, guava, mandarin.
Taste comprises bitter tropical fruits, pine resin, mango flesh, hop spice, papaya, lychee, stone fruit.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come resinous hop bitterness allied to a mellow rising boost.
Solid stuff.
Murky orange topped with a lasting off white head.
Nose is ripe tropicana, dank chimes, pine resin, guava, mandarin.
Taste comprises bitter tropical fruits, pine resin, mango flesh, hop spice, papaya, lychee, stone fruit.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come resinous hop bitterness allied to a mellow rising boost.
Solid stuff.
Tried
on 01 May 2026
at 14:46