7.4

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

France has been blossoming with new craft breweries in every one of its 'départements' in recent years, with this one situated in Lorraine, presenting this fruit DIPA for the tenth birthday of a local beer shop. Mousy, foamy, audibly crackling, yellowish egg-white, large-bubbled head needing some forcing to form and dissipating gradually into some thin remnants around the edge, over a completely cloudy, pale orange-tinged apricot blonde (sic) beer, looking like freshly squeezed orange juice. Dank and utterly fruity nose of granadilla, mango, indeed ripe apricot and even a vague whiff of apricot jam, tangerine juice, guava, diesel, herb cheese spread, gin, Screwdriver, hints of ripe pear, pecorino, honey, Betterfood, oil aromatized with kaffir lime leaves. Extremely juicy and fruity onset, not just sweet ripe apricot but a lot of passionfruit, guava and fresh orange juice as well, prickly carb but refined and not interfering too much with this sweet, tropical juiciness; full, bit creamy, eventually slightly powdery body, vaguely biscuit- and cake dough-like malts with a honeyish sweet edge (the sweetness from the apricots, perhaps), leading to a finish that remains just as juicy as the onset, very sultry and tropical with a dank diesel- and marijuana-like touch and even a retronasal hint of old spicy Parmezan cheese, but mostly dominated by sweet tropical fruits, highlighted by a glow of warming, gin-like alcohol. Tangy, even spicy effects as well, a hint of citrus pith, soapiness, apricot sourness and even a lingering pepperiness, with the hops acting out a mildly bitter feature - but the tropical juice effect gloriously prevails. Amplified fruit IPA of the hazy New England kind, quite extreme in its juiciness and 'tropicalness', as if drinking a blend of fruit juices spiked with gin or wodka - but fortunately there is a strong citric, fruit-acidic streak to it, that keeps things refreshing and spicy and prevents it from become too sweet. This aspect is of fundamental importance here to me - it makes all the difference between plainly tiring tropical fruit juice sweetness on the one hand and a great fruit IPA on the other hand. If done like this, a bit over the top but still maintaining balance (even if the sweetness remains strong till the end), I can certainly appreciate a brew like every now and then, 'unbeery' as it may be. Interesting find - inviting to learn more about this Piggy brewery...

4

Yeasty, messy, harsh, bitter, brrrrr

5

Mõru,magus, aprikoos, seep, suht harsh. Joodav.

7.1

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

On tap at Patrick's. An unclear orange colored beer with a few bubbles on top. Pine cones, grapefruit and generic tropical fruits on the nose. It's full bodied, smooth and very softly carbonated. Some alcohol warmth. A touch of hop burn. Grapefruit and tropical fruits in the flavor. A touch of malts in the far back. Decent bitterness. Lasting finish. A bit one dimensional, but nice indeed. 191122

7.4

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

Patricks 161119. Orange color no head. Aroma is apricot. Flavor is apricot, malt, pine, grapefruit, juicy. Nice juicy beer.

7.1

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

330ml bottle. Murky, yellow-ish, golden colour with small to average, thick, creamy, diminishing, minimally lacing, white head. Juicy, tropical fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of mango, passion fruit, apricot, wheaty and oaty, malty background. Taste is juicy, tropical fruity, hoppy, minimally tart, notes of mango, passion fruit, guava, some unripe apricot, minimally grassy, leafy overtones. Nice.

7.6

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

9th November 2019
Gosh, a dipa added as a dipa. Pleasant surprise! Hazy orange - apricot colour beer, small pale cream colour head. Light palate, semi dry, a good fine crispness. Light malts. A nicely hop spicy accentuated apricot tang. Modest pine and orange. Smooth hop spicy finish. Quite a simple hop profile but delivers the added apricot with a unapologetic aggressive hop spice element that starts to burn. Good hop hit.

7.9

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

Bottle at home courtesy of Maakun. Murky phat haze on that pale straw hazeboy yo. Thin white head. Sweet tropical juice, smooth soft oatmeal porridge with Pfirsich Orangen Nektar anti-hangover juice. Tight little sharp onionesque hopburn. Over medium body and soft carbonation. I like this.

7.5

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

Bottle shared. Opaque murky yellow with white head. Peach, oats, apricot, mango, orange, passion fruit, huge dank weedy hops, soft hop burn, hop pollen. Medium sweet, under medium bitter and light tart. Creamy oat medium bodied with prickly hop burn finish. Quite good, but a bit too much of the prickly hops.