#FakeJuice NE-Style IPA
Maumee Bay Brewing Co. in Toledo, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
6.50
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 1
Cheap can, hazy yellow orange. Olfactory is fresh mild pinecones with a little yeast in the background. In the glass its foaming a lot. Taste is solid pinecones as well. Think about grinding up a freshly picked green wet pinecone in a food processor and mixing it with beer after you filter it. There, that's what this tastes like. BTW, what does clementine taste like? Just MHO curios, heheheh. Forget clementine, this is a typical big fat IPA. Lot's of bitter long-lasting finish in this IPA ending. I would say it's much like an imperial IPA but its a little more fresh tasting, mouth coating and less viscous than your typical imperial double IPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at Daily Growler UA during the "5th Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest" on 10/26/2017. Cloudy orange color with a medium white head that diminishes gradually to a film. Sticky strings of lace. Tropical fruit, herbal hops and malt in the nose. Medium body with a dank hoppy character and notes of fruit and bready malt. The finish is moderately bitter with an herbal hoppy aftertaste. Above average overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 2/2/2018. Pours moderately hazy golden amber/light orange color with a 1-2 dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, lemon/orange peel, light pepper/pine, wheat, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, 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, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, lemon/orange peel, light pepper/pine, wheat, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very mild pine, citrus peel, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, lemon/orange peel, light pepper/pine, wheat, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy hop 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 lingering hop astringency after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 7.5%. Overall this 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, never aggressive. Very juicy and lightly dank Citra hop complexity; nice sized bready malt backbone, not overly sweet/heavy. This was pretty harsh and resinous/drying on the finish when I had the first canned batch, but is much more improved now. Impressively soft mouthfeel. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.