Nothing Is Too Much

Ridiculously hazy, chunky and super hazy, deeply opaque copper and full peach/apricot coloured body with a thick, relatively soapy three centimetre tall rich tan and even almost light brown coloured head with 95 per cent opacity below. Aroma of rich stone fruits, apricots, a dash of tropical fruit notes and some fruit pulp with a good deal of alpha acid bitterness in the nose, but a ton of malts, body and alcohol warmth noticeable here, too. Full-bodied; Strong apricot nectar-like flavour at first with the stone fruits and richness coming through, but finishing ultimately with a dryness and relatively crisp, grassy and rich malty profile, with a ton of fruits still around. Aftertaste shows the pungency in the body, but the hops aren't too strong, while they do offer up some flavours and complexity, but the bitterness isn't derived at all from them, but the rich malt and especially the stone fruits and alcohol warmth. Overall, this is very rich on the malt, fruit and sweet side of things, but lacking on hops and cohesion. This hides the 11 per cent alcohol well, but that said, this still tastes like a slightly dry fruit beer, not an Imperial IPA! Nice to try from New York and fresh, but not great considering the style and other beers from the brewery! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Bread & Honey in New York (8th Ave @ 56th St), New York on 22-August-2021 for US$5,79, canned on 23-July-2021 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 17-October-2021.

Keg at North Bar, Leeds, 20/02/20. Clear golden blonde with a decent off white head that retains well. Nose is grass, pine needle, ripe melon, grapefruit, weed. Taste comprises sweet malts, pine resin, grass, ripe melon, papaya, weed, orange pith. Med plus bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with juicy to lightly dankened hop bitterness. Decent enough DIPA.

Keg at North. A light hazed golden yellow coloured pour with a a frothy white head. Aroma is pithy tangy lemon. Pineapple. Flavour is composed of fruit, pineapple chunks, grapefuri. Pithy funk, yoguty. Palate is semi sweet, tangy, highish carbonation. Good.. Tangy.

Can, from Malt & Mold. Pours extremely hazy dark yellow with floating yellow-orange precipitate, foamy off-white head, unripe mango-citrus aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter-medium sour peach-unripe mango-orange taste, thick body, long finish with a throat burn at the end. Quite strong and on the sour side.

02-15-19, damn tons of mango and passion fruit, but also tons of blood orange, unfortunately makes it grapefruity but still pretty sweet fruity upfront.