Here There Be Monsters
Twin Elephant Brewing Company in Chatham, New Jersey, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
7.21
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The foremast climbs out of the Tasman Sea horizon. Black sails catch a gust & chart a course towards giants in the ocean canyons……..Ya’ best start believin’ in ghost stories…you’re in one! Cut-throats, humble swabs, captains, scalawags…it matters not. This is an everlasting exchange w/ what lies beneath the deep. So, drink up me 'earties!! IPA lapped w/ American Pilsner malt, white wheat, raw and malted oats inclined to acquiesce yer hoppy parch with a dry hop of Riwaka, Motueka, Rakau, Wakatu & Moutere. Notes of peach, passion fruit, nectarine, coconut cake, lime zest, little honey and hay.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 ounce can from Libby’s Liquors. Murky orange gold pour. Dense, frothy white head. Nice lacing. Sweet citrus and vanilla aroma. Flavor is fresh pineapple, vanilla and resiny pine. Maybe some peach and melon as well. Resiny, peppery pine finish.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Feb 2024
at 03:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Got in a BIF from MacMalt. 16 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours opaquely murky green color with a 1 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very mild pine, zesty, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.8%. Overall this is an excellent NEIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Great soft mouthfeel for the style. Very juicy and lightly dank hop complexity; balanced bready wheat/oat malts, and not overly sweet. Great showcase of Kohatu, Vic Secret, & Rakau hops. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Apr 2018
at 00:13