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Smooth hoppiness

6

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

Can sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks Max. Murky yellow. Fruity hops, oniony, a bit stale, sweetish, green bitter finish.

6.8

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

Cloudy yellow ocre colour, good frothy white head, dissipates slowly, good lacing. Aroma pale malt, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, fruity hops. Taste medium sweet and bitter, malty, citrusy, orange peel, herbal hop notes. Lingering bittersweet aftertaste, orange pith, herbal and chalky notes. Medium body, oily texture, lively carbonation, a bit rough, boorish tastewise but overall a decent DIPA.

6.6

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

473ml can. Murky, orangey golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Juicy, citrusy fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of orange, mandarine, oaty and wheaty, malty background, zesty overtones. Taste is bitter hoppy, slightly zesty, citrusy fruity, hints of orange, mandarine, orange zest, dry, oaty basis, a chalky touch.

6.9

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Double New England IPA by Outcast, a brewery in Alberta, Canada, from a tallboy can of half a year old - a bit much for this style, but anyway. Thin and loosely knit, off-white, immediately open head with some small 'dots' in the middle and a discontinuous 'ring' around the edge disappearing almost completely; murky ochre-hued peach blonde robe, looking like homemade pear juice, not very attractive but not very atypical for NEIPA either. Quite expressive but not necessarily enticing aroma of overripe shallot, fermenting mango, moldy oranges, withering kitchen herbs (dill), old dough, strong 'old hops urine', thyme, cold potato mash, granadilla juice of a few days old and even stale homemade lime juice, hints of English gin or spiced Polish wodka, juniper berries, wet clay. Lively fruity onset, lime sourishness equally mixed with mango and carambola sweetishness, pineapple accent, mild yet still somehow 'refinedly' stinging, minerally carbonation (a tad much for style perhaps), slick and supple, bit 'fluffy' body. Soggy sandwich-like malty breadiness underlies an expressive aromatic dimension, bringing back the impressions from the nose, mostly the 'rotting' shallots, urine, moldy citrus fruit and overripe mango; the hops at the same time also deposit a lingering, slightly resinous, green-herbal and peppery bitterness onto the root of the tongue, but never evolving into full-fledged resiny bitterness. Powdery (due to yeast more than hop 'powder') ending, with a glow of very gin-like alcohol, while 'neutral'-flavored, palpable breadiness persists. I see mostly mediocre ratings of this one below me and I can easily see why: this has the basic features of a (strong) NEIPA for sure, but fails to hit the sensitive spot when it comes to hoppy aromatics, instead delivering old, moldy, sweaty aromas which many 'failed' NEIPA attempts tend to display. A bit of a mess, if still enjoyable from a purely flavour-wise viewpoint; not very successful as a NEIPA though, even if admittedly I taste this beer too old - if ever there was a style to enjoy young, it was probably NEIPA, whether it be 'double' or 'single'. NEIPA will never be my personal cup of tea and I sincerely think this hype is hugely overrated, but within those restraints, this is not quite as bright, juicy and saliva-inducing as e.g. Trillium's or Cloudwater's equivalents in the exact same range. I guess my first encounter with this brewery was a tad disappointing, but then I came to be a lot more severe when judging NEIPAs than before, this can is clearly too old, this brewery probably performs better at other styles and I'm probably just and old bore now that the text limit is again 10,000 characters.

6.8

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

Appearance: Yellow golden, very hazy. Good amount of off-white head. Aroma: Citrus, lots of orange, some nice hops. Taste: Nice hops, some pine, light fruits, citrus. Pretty smooth. Bought: Beergium, 473 ml can, €7.99 Info: 28/9-2018, BB: ??/??-????

6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

26th September 2018
Can. Very hazy gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Airy palate, fairly dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Sweet malts, creamy milky sweet. Mild hop spice. Twangy citrus. Touch of ripe mango. Tangy finish. Quite awkward.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at beertemple. Aroma of mango, creamy, pineapple and caramel. Taste has sweet creamy mango, pineapple, lactic oat, bitter citrus and a sweet finish. Is this beer or fruit juice?