LOUD!
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.10
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LOUD! Hazy Double IPA always uses its outside voice. Obnoxiously dry-hopped with Mosaic, Cashmere, and Simcoe. LOUD! screams with tropical flavors of mango, papaya & pineapple and has a crazy hazy mouthfeel. Drink it fresh!!
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 7/24/2019. Pours very hazy deep golden/amber/light orange color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, coconut, blueberry, gooseberry, red apple, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, coconut, blueberry, gooseberry, red apple, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Mild pine citrus peel/zest, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, coconut, blueberry, gooseberry, red apple, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, fairly sticky, and lightly resinous mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 8%. Overall this is a fantastic NEDIPA. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the mildly bitter/drying finish; fantastic soft feel. Amazing Mosaic, Cashmere, Simcoe profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, and lightly dank/earthy hops; with a perfectly balanced wheat/oat/malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example as expected.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Aug 2019
at 20:36
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
11.08.2019, tap @ GoodBeer Faucets Shibuya:
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, slightly hazy. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish grassy, weeds, hay, flowers, alcohol, bark, harsh hops, old lawn, pine needles, leafs, sawdust. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish boozy, bark, booze, minerals, old leafs, harsh hops, hay, minerals, flowers, soap, sawdust, harsh citrus peel. Medium to longlasting bitterness, slightly watery and harsh boozy mouthfeel. Next!
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, slightly hazy. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish grassy, weeds, hay, flowers, alcohol, bark, harsh hops, old lawn, pine needles, leafs, sawdust. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish boozy, bark, booze, minerals, old leafs, harsh hops, hay, minerals, flowers, soap, sawdust, harsh citrus peel. Medium to longlasting bitterness, slightly watery and harsh boozy mouthfeel. Next!
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2019
at 13:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Taster showing moderately filtered straw with a finger of clean white foam. The nose shows moderately intense clean notes of mango, papaya, orange, and guava. The palate is well carbonated and medium bodied. Papaya forward with moderately intense notes of guava and pineapple in between supported on a balanced malt back bone followed by a very light bitterness on the finish. Comes together a bit strange but not bad at all.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2019
at 12:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hazy light golden color. A melange of sweet tropical fruit dominates the nose with lots of orange gummy bears. Tons of orange gummy bears and big citrusy notes. Medium carbonation, full body, medium bitterness. Not bad. A touch warming.
Tried
on 24 May 2019
at 06:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Description says Loud! is hopped with Mosaic and Denali, but the can states Mosaic, Cashmere, and Simcoe. The can also states this beer's over two months old, but it seems to be holding its shit together pretty well for a geriatric NEIPA. Grapefruit, lemon-lime, stone fruit, berry, and pine all play against a prominent pilsner malt graininess and modest bitter streak on the back end. Seems slightly overcarbonated, but there's not a trace of the 8% ABV. Good pint.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2019
at 00:04
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can. A- Pineapple, mango, dank, straw. A- Gold color, hazy liquid, white head. T- Dank, bitter, grassy, resin, pineapple, citrus. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, bitter finish. O- Not nearly as good as the other Almanac Hazy IPA. This was very dank and grassy and came across more dirty tasting and less juicy. Not particularly a fan.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2019
at 01:42