Daycation
Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
6.76
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Travlr (30173) reviewed Daycation from Highland Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Draft. Clear yellow color medium white head. Citrus aroma. taste has light grapefruit and light pine resin.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle sent by Highland for review. The beer pours a slightly different color than most IPAs; more brass to it while others are gold or slightly orange. The head is fizzy and dwindles quickly. The hops give this a complex nose, something like grapefruit and tobacco leaf, with just a touch of pine. The taste is light on the malt, but I do think I get a bit of spice from the wheat, or it’s melding with the hop bitterness. And the bitter is foremost in the hops here, but not overloaded. The overall effect is a crisp beer that’s not overly filling. The grepefruit impression returns midway through, though there’s also a very hint of pizza dough. Not enough to suggest leftover yeast, but just another part of the way it’s meant to taste.
malvrich (986) reviewed Daycation from Highland Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Very fresh 9 day old bottle > stemless wine glass. A: Pours pale clear orange gold with a short short-lived head. Very little visible carbonation but some patchy lacing left. S: Caramel, spruce, faint citrus and pine. T: Interesting flavors of stone fruit, cherry and tart orange citrus. Pith is there but subtle. Mild pine at the back. Hoppy but not overly bitter. M: Light, crisp, clean, refreshing. High drinkability. O: Not bad. Nice distinctive flavor sets it slightly apart from the norm. Should be widely available and well priced so I can recommend at least a try.