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Big Lake Brewing in Holland, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
6.96
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A New England IPA brewed with Amarillo and Mandarina hops.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. pours a hazy light orange with floats, a decent head and aromas of pit fruit, hay, aluminum, and maybe some sweet citrus (orange?). Flavor is decent, but uninteresting. It is just another NEIPA... no real distinction on the hop bill, nothing innovative with the flavor or color or palate. Decent, but that's about it.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jan 2024
at 02:23
8/10
Go State!
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Nov 2023
at 13:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can. Hazy deep golden body. Frothy white head. Aroma of citrus, orange, lemon, mango. Sweet beginning, moderately bitter finish. Medium body, watery/velvety texture, lively carbonation. Flavors of fruit and citrus, toasted grain. Cleaner than a lot of IPAs in this style.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2021
at 18:49
6/10
Tried
on 06 May 2019
at 00:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 10/2/2018. Pours very hazy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of mandarin orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/light earthy hops and bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big mandarin orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/zest, herbal, floral, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of mandarin orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/light earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is a delicious NEIPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/light earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the melowly bitter/drying finish, not aggressive. Nicely soft feel. Great Amarillo/Mandarina showcase. Very juicy and fairly dank/earthy hop complexity; nice wheat/oat/malt backbone; mild residual sweetness with lingering bitter dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example as expected.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Oct 2018
at 01:35