NEDIPA of sorts from what I consider to be one of Britain's finest 21st-century craft breweries, dedicated to the mountain rescue teams of the Peak District National Park, receiving ten percent of the profits. Frothy, quite thick, egg-white, regular, shred-lacing, stable head on a hazy apricot blonde beer with pale orangey glow. Strong, exotic aroma of candied lemons and succade, freshly squeezed orange juice when warming up, pitaya, ripe carambola, pinapple sherbet, lime blossoms, guava, lychee wine, cake dough, background hints of sumac, coconut milk, diesel, cayenne pepper, kiwi ice cream, even something I normally associate with sushi (rice vinegar perhaps?)... Juicy onset, tropical from the start in a refined way, orange juice, starfruit, pitaya and (strong) lychee, small-bubbled but active carbonation adding crisp minerally notes, full yet soft and creamy body; cake dough-like maltiness, creamy and sweet (honeyish), supporting a retronasal structure of radiant, exotic fruit-like hoppiness with a citric edge, bringing back the starfruit, dragon fruit and lychee but also lime zest and pomelo juice, providing a bit of spiciness (yet no hop burn whatsoever) matching well with a soothing glow of calvados-like alcohol. A fine streak of peppery bitterness lingers a bit but again in a subtle way, sneakily hidden under the sweetness and booziness. Quite unique - this beer manages to pleasantly surprise me with its generous bouquet of tropical freshness, and I am hardly a NEIPA enthusiast; this gloriously exotic beer only reinforces and underlines a bold position I have taken before, namely that Buxton may well be the very best brewery in 21st-century Britain. I know, this is a hard saying perhaps, but so far I have never encountered a Buxton beer that was less than excellent in many different styles and if they manage to overwhelm me with a damn hazy IPA, then I can only conclude that it must be true...

Can at the 'Should have been at Pig's Ear' tasting, from Buxton online, 04/12/20. Hazed orange with a well presented off white cap. Nose is bitter orange, pine needle, weed, hop spice, grapefruit zest. Taste comprises ripe citric peel, good blast of bitter tropicana, orange pith, pine resin, ripe melon, grapefruit. Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close laced with juicy hop bitterness and offering a rising boost. Solid DIPA ... big, ballsy, joosy ... drinks well for 10%.

Can from Gedeelde Vreugde. Hazy ochre, stable, frothy, white head. Aroma of ripe peach, candied orange peel, lychee, stale lime, dank mango, grapefruit juice, melon, dough, white pepper. Taste has sweet peach, lychee & tangerine, all very juicy & quite dank, very thick sorbet-like maltiness underneath, bordering on honey sweetness, yet balanced again by bitter notes of citrus peel, grapefruit & spices. Ends floral & peppery hoppy, dank sweet tropical fruit returning with bitter citrus peel & spicy yeast, some warming gin-like alcohol to top it off. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Strong, balanced, juicy, very likeable.

Can. Pours a light and hazy yellow, small head, dissipates immediately too. Aroma is malt, lots of resin, pine and hops. Fruity, some grapefruit and orange marmalade. Medium to big body. Flavour is big, malty and rich. Lots of hops, medium bitterness but lots of pine and resin. Grapefruit, orange marmalade and in general rather jammy. Elements of both west coast and NEIPA here. Finish is bittersweet and creamy. A really lovely triple IPA.

Very good.

33cl can. A hazy yellow golden beer with a white head. Aroma of resinous bitter hops, pine, citra, sweet fruits. Taste of mid sweet fruits, pine, grapefruit, resins, orange fruits.