A Blessing and a Curse
Left Hand Brewing Company in Longmont, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.89
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Mild aromas with a little Hops and malt. Flavors are much stronger with a hops coming through more, Bittersweet and some medicinal qualities.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, best before 11/27/2018. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy medium golden amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/rind, light peppercorn, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/rind, light peppercorn, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 9.5%. Overall this is an awesome DIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Not aggressive. Awesome Galaxy/Azacca profile. Very juicy and fairly dank/earthy hop complexity; nice sized bready malt backbone, not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and well rounded style example. Loved the hop profile as expected.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
can. decent, though a little underwhelming for an imperial ipa. was missing the unique factor. still solid beer
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap, Pours a full hazy amber with moderate head. Aromas of mangos, pineapple, stoned fruit and breads malts. Flavors of mashed fruit, pine, and doughy malts. Piney dank finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from High Point, Vancouver
Hazy golden color. A cereally base, some resiny hops, sadly too old.
Why does this feel so old??? And why a Left Hand beer is so expensive??? (purchased yesterday)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Hazy, a little amber. Not much head. Really chewy, has a bit of canned peach character. So orangey and chewy, with again that same stewed peach character.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22 oz. bottle, pours a cloudy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma reveals stale earthy hops and toasted caramel malt. Flavour is very sweet, with lots of candied caramel sweetness, alcohol and resinous hops. Sweet, boozy and messy. It's alright.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Cloudy, dark yellow with a thick beige head. Grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple scent. Taste is mildly peppery.....tropical sweet. Pineapple, mango, grapefruit, orange malt, caramel malt. Good, balanced peel-rind bittering. Almost creamy in body....really enjoyable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Candi sugar, orange, biscuit malt, pine, and grapefruit peel malt aroma. Hazy golden yellow with small head. Mildly sweet orange, biscuit malt, and strong metallic quinine and grapefruit peel flavor. Okay body.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Bomber from Whole Foods Market Fair Lakes Aroma: pine, caramel, citrus, tropical fruit Appearance: hazy orange-golden with a white head Taste: medium bitter, medium seweetness Palate: full body, average carbonation, stick feel, bitter finish Tasty