Pigeon Hill Brewing Company Shifting Sands

Shifting Sands

 

Pigeon Hill Brewing Company in Muskegon, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

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Score
6.92
ABV: 7.0% IBU: 70 Ticks: 6
Our India Pale ale catches the eye with its copper to orange color. The hoppy nose, rounded out with notes of citrus and pine, make this an unmistakable IPA. Medium bodied, Shifting Sands is not overwhelmingly bitter, but it contains a lasting bitterness characteristic of its style.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

pigeon hill shifting sands
a: fairly clear (slightly opaque) golden body | super effervescent/exploding upon opening
a: pine | dank | cleanser
f: alpha acids | grapefruit | rich malts
t: biscuits | balanced enough | perfumey end
o: malt-centric | deep hops, still | pure old-school (as awesome label shows)

12 ounce can | Beer Baron: Livonia, Michigan | 10-November-2024 | US$2,19 | no can date | sampled: 12-September-2025

Tried from Can at Beer Baron on 12 Sep 2025 at 08:35


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can

Tried from Can on 23 Oct 2024 at 18:37


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12 ounce can from Tadych's Iron Mountain, 7/3/21. Clear gold, large foamy white head, good retention. aroma of dank, grapefruit, pine, pale malt. Taste is leafy hops, grapefruit, lime, pale malt. Juicy, moderate bitterness. Clean. Nice.

Tried from Can on 04 Jul 2021 at 01:15


7

Tried from Can on 21 Jun 2017 at 16:34


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 1/10/2017. Pours fairly crystal clear medium orange/amber/light copper color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, apricot, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/pine hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, apricot, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine/citrus peel/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, peach, apricot, pineapple, lemon/orange peel, pine, caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/pine hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero astringent hop flavors after the finish. Light dryness from bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/sticky, and lightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is a great IPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/pine hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellow bitterness. Really well balanced and classic tasting IPA all around. Extremely juicy, fruity, and bright on hops; good size malt backbone, but never too heavy/sweet feeling. A very enjoyable offering.

Tried from Can on 01 Mar 2017 at 18:57


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can. Pours a clear earthy gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has stale sweet grains with some earthy grass and a hint of pine underlying. Flavor has earthy sweet grains with some bread and a bit of grass and pine backing.

Tried from Can on 25 Feb 2017 at 22:41