Necessry Evil
Anchorage Brewing Company in Anchorage, Alaska, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Brujos BrewingIPA - Triple New England / Hazy Special
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Score
7.34
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Double mash quadruple india pale ale brewed with Citra hops. Double dry hopped with Citra, Strata, Riwaka, and Krush hops. Artwork by @massiveface
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
16oz can from Tavour. Hazy golden pour, head dissipates quickly. Fruity aroma runs the gamut, tropical, citrus and stone fruit, even some light tart notes. Sweet, juicy, creamy with a small zesty bite. A bit of something for everybody.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 01 Sep 2026
at 04:02
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Tavour. Pours hazy gold with a moderate, transient white head. Aroma is rather malty with a complex hop note suggesting resin dankness. Med plus body. Juicy. Resin dank dominates with citrus and green melon accompaniment. Between the resin and malt I think of stickiness. Not sure that's physical tho. Somehow what seems to be a massive amount of hops doesn't totally quell the malt. Amazing stuff in a different way than expected.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 24 Aug 2026
at 00:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Canned 7/23/26, drunk 8/19/26.
Healthy dose of Citra setting a juicy, lightly tropical foundation, in concert with rich, honey-and-white-bread-like malts. There's a bit more complexity from the other hops, as melon and unripe guava join in. Can't really single out much here, though, as the rich malts seem to homogenize everything with their intensity. No alcohol noted, but worried it might be very sweet...
Thankfully, it isn't, and there's a surprisingly larger amount of acidity than the nose portends. Still massively malty, rich, with soft, succulent textures. There's good bitterness up front, very citrusy and zesty, as huge melon-like notes overtake. Sugary on the edges; even if it isn't syrupy or cloying, it's still very sweet and rich and could benefit from a bit more attenuation, IMO. The citrus is pleasant, but the melon-like character seems to dominate, and I don't find as much complexity as I'd like for such a massively-hopped beer.
Healthy dose of Citra setting a juicy, lightly tropical foundation, in concert with rich, honey-and-white-bread-like malts. There's a bit more complexity from the other hops, as melon and unripe guava join in. Can't really single out much here, though, as the rich malts seem to homogenize everything with their intensity. No alcohol noted, but worried it might be very sweet...
Thankfully, it isn't, and there's a surprisingly larger amount of acidity than the nose portends. Still massively malty, rich, with soft, succulent textures. There's good bitterness up front, very citrusy and zesty, as huge melon-like notes overtake. Sugary on the edges; even if it isn't syrupy or cloying, it's still very sweet and rich and could benefit from a bit more attenuation, IMO. The citrus is pleasant, but the melon-like character seems to dominate, and I don't find as much complexity as I'd like for such a massively-hopped beer.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 19 Aug 2026
at 17:09