Collab of Totem with LOC, intended as a ’true’ New England IPA, with all the right hops for this style and even fermented with yeast actually originating from Vermont. Tightly paper lacing, creamy, eggshell-white head, equally cloudy (but not murky) straw blonde robe with olive greenish hue - the looks are promising. So is the aroma: a wave of ripe mango, granadilla, green onions, stale lime juice, soggy white bread, maracuja, pink grapefruit juice, guava. Lively fruity onset, a basket of lush exotic fruits, mango, guava and passion fruit, sweetish and sourish as it ought to be in this style with the right mouthfeel: softly carbonated, fluffy and creamy. Soft doughy and bready background elegantly supports a very aromatic finish, teeming with exotic fruitiness, tropical orchids, citrus zest and sweet onions, hoppiness galore but no harsh bitterness; ends as juicy and aromatically fruity-hoppy as any ’true’ NEIPA by Alchemist, Trillium or Tree House. This may very well be the first completely successful attempt at this trendy style in the Netherlands - but since Totem was equally involved, I’d love to regard this as the first completely successful Belgian NEIPA as well... Klaas is justly proud of this, this is a masterpiece in terms of ’truth to style’.

Thank you for sharing RB Crew! Sampled draft @ GBF 2017. Very hazy golden NEIPA appearance, white head, all as it should be. Nose is very solid round NEIPA, citrus, mango, orange peel, round. Taste is lovely round hop, mango, citrus, orange,… Hazy Vermont yeast round bodied. Very solid round all fruity & no bitter hop profile. All as it should be, very solid.

Imported from my RateBeer account as LOC / Totem Nipmuck (by LOC Brewery):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5

19/VIII/17 - on tap @ Gents Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2017-1274) Thanks to the Belgian ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers and celebrating my 10K!

Pretty cloudy beer, small creamy white head, pretty stable, little adhesive. Aroma: lovely stuff, lots of tropical fruit juice, bit dank, pineapple, resinous, mango and grapefruit, love it!. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: bit resinous, lots of tropical fruits, grapefruit, passion fruits, bit yeasty, pretty bitter. Aftertaste: lovely bitterness, citrus, bit yeasty, grapefruit, love it!