Lightness Illusion
Verdant Brewing Co in Penryn, Cornwall, England 🏴
IPA - Imperial / Double Series|
Score
7.36
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The new heavy hitter of the Colour Theory family: Lightness Illusion. This 8% DIPA rounds out the series with a deep, complex journey. By elevating the ABV and hop saturation, we’ve brought forth waves of joyous tropical fruits floating atop a dank, brooding, and wonderfully complex underbelly all thanks to Nectaron, Idaho 7 and Citra!
For this label, our Creative Director took inspiration from the famous Munker illusion, a phenomenon in which the perceived colour of an object shifts drastically depending on the surrounding stripes. Your brain rewrites the data based on the background. Looking at the label, you’d swear you’re seeing different colours, but each shape is the exact same shade of blue.
For this label, our Creative Director took inspiration from the famous Munker illusion, a phenomenon in which the perceived colour of an object shifts drastically depending on the surrounding stripes. Your brain rewrites the data based on the background. Looking at the label, you’d swear you’re seeing different colours, but each shape is the exact same shade of blue.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Lacy off white head on a vivid pale orange coloured body.
Pine, cat piss & resinous aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a sharp dry back.
Lime, resin, tangerine & nectarine tastes with an ultra hopped finish.
Banger.
Pine, cat piss & resinous aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a sharp dry back.
Lime, resin, tangerine & nectarine tastes with an ultra hopped finish.
Banger.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Aug 2026
at 22:11
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can on the Portishead tour, thanks to the Wingman, 01/08/2026.
Hazed orange topped with an off white head.
Nose is ripe tropicana, pine resin, grass, dank chimes.
Taste comprises punchy tropicana, pine resin, mandarin, mango kiss, papaya.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come resinous hop bitterness.
Solid.
Hazed orange topped with an off white head.
Nose is ripe tropicana, pine resin, grass, dank chimes.
Taste comprises punchy tropicana, pine resin, mandarin, mango kiss, papaya.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come resinous hop bitterness.
Solid.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2026
at 20:57