Kaizen
Hudson Valley Brewery in Beacon, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Sour / Wild Rotating|
Score
7.53
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Sour IPA w/ wheat & malted oat, milk sugar, green tea & cherry blossoms; hopped w/ Citra & Mosaic.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Undated can drunk 6/9/22. Moderately hazy brass-bronze with warm maize tones and a small, dense, white head. Cherry blossom indeed with milky lactose and lightly earthy tea. Kinda punchy and vomitty given the lactose...Not really getting any hop character in the nose. Cherry and floral notes with sweet milk sugar and rich malt turning tart via lactic acid on the finish. Soft and creamy with good but not overbearing sweetness. The cherry blossom is rather overbearing though it's pretty delicious. Definitely don't think it needs the lactose, but I also hate lactose most of the time.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2022
at 21:57
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours hazy light gold into a tulip. Bright white soapy head with good retention recedes leaving trailing spiders. Tea, meadow and cherry pie aromas. Sharp with salty jelly bean, cherry sourpatch and white smarties front to back. Dry meadow finish. Odd, enticiing.
Tried
on 28 May 2022
at 21:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can 16fl.oz. @ home. 🏡🇩🇰 ❄☃️
[ As Hudson Valley Kaizen ].
ABV: 6.0%. ✅ Murky medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, fruity, green tea, candy, tea, cherries, almonds - cherry. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light acidic with a long duration, cherry, almonds, tea, lemony. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20220219]
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Tried
from Can
on 19 Feb 2022
at 23:01
6/10
Tried
on 19 Feb 2022
at 19:11
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jan 2022
at 20:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can shared. Hazy light golden with white head. Massive cherry, wheat, lemon, light tea, marzipan, light lime. Quite sour, medium sweet. Medium body.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jan 2022
at 19:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
473ml can. Hazy, yellow-ish, bright golden colour with average, thick, firm, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Floral fruity aroma, notes of cherry, cherry blossoms, a touch of hibiscus, rose hip. Taste is tart, floral fruity, notes of cherry, cherry blossoms, fruit acidic and slightly lactic tartness, hints of cherry flavoured grape sugar. Watery, minimally oily texture, smooth and soft, slightly astringent palate, fine, mildly prickly carbonation. Wonderful composition, highly drinkable, refreshing - enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2021
at 22:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
473ml can. Sweetish, tart and floral with some hints of Dr. Pepper in the aroma, some marzipan, berries, creamy vanilla and tea, hints of pomegrenate, yoghurt and sourness. Interesting combination of flavors.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Dec 2021
at 20:34
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
Lightly hazy orange, fluffy white head. Sweet smell, loads of tea and blossoms. Light body, slightly puckering, very refreshing. Taste is a bit too much tea for my taste, but that is what they wanted I guess. Lactose is well hidden. Surprisingly fruity!
Tried
from Can
from Beerdome
on 03 Dec 2021
at 23:00
7/10
This is a very strange beer, Bakewell tart, almond dust, cherry jam. Not sure about the tea.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Nov 2021
at 23:27