6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Amber with a big, frothy head. Aroma of lemon juice and caramel with subtle floral undertones. Taste is more citric than bitter with a big, malty sweetness just underneath. Finishes mildly sweet and mildly tart. Body to the full side of medium, moderate carbonation, alcohol well hidden. Ok.

7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Bottle at home from Biervana, 9th August 22. Barbecue is on! Pours a light hazy orange, aroma is aromatic, floral. Taste is old school, resinous pine and floral notes, citrus, perfume, pine. No sign of the ABV, lovely old style DIPA!

7

Sampled @ Craft Frankfurt 2022. A hazy golden beer with a white head. Aroma of juicy hops, mango, orange fruits. Taste of tropical fruits, mango, orange fruits, grapefruit.

6.9

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

On tap at the 14th Brugs Bier Festival, Brugge, Belgium. A hazy golden/orange coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, citrus, orange, mango, tropical fruit taste/aroma. Pleasant easy drinking DIPA from Enigma.

7.9

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

Can from Beers@Moviefun. Hazy orange, stable, frothy, white head. Aroma of ripe tangerine, melon, dank mango, peach, biscuit, honey. Taste has sweet peach, melon & tangerine, softly bitter citrus peel & grapefruit, dank, somewhat spicy acent and firm biscuity maltiness. Floral hoppy finish, peppery almost, quite grapefruity, bitter mango note in balance with juicy tropical fruits, dash of warming alcohol. Medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. Very decent example.

7.6

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

Double IPA by Enigma in this Hopnytized range with the instantly recongisable psychedelic labels - apparently already the second version (I missed the first one), containing no less than six (New World!) hop varieties. Very thick and foamy, beaten egg-white, thickly cobweb-lacing, large-bubbled but tightly knit and stable head, misty golden blonde robe with yellow-apricot hue. Aroma of guava, green mango, orange blossom, sweet onions, yellow Zespri kiwi, some light 'diesel' dankness getting stronger warming up, fresh southernwood, gin, pink peppercorns, wet marijuana, Thai basil, lemon bread dough, mandarin pith, vague damp earth accent. Juicy onset, very colourful with all those hops, trying to cover up light estery notes of pineapple and peach and actually succeeding quite well at that; minerally carbonation, effervescent but acceptable still (though clearly sharper than in the average DIPA or NEDIPA), full and rounded mouthfeel. White-bready malt backbone, deeply steeped in citrusy and tropical hoppiness, dominating from the start with a retronasal tidewave of tropical blossoms, citrus fruit and yellow-green tropical fruits like mango, carambola and guava. The sultry effects of these tropical fruity hops are kept in place by a more old-fashioned citrusiness though (Citra, Simcoe), while the sweet grape effect of the Nelson Sauvin subtly pierces through; more importantly perhaps, the end phase is quite strongly bittered too, in an almost wormwood-, quinine- and green peppercorn-like way, a bitterness aided by the afterglow of gin-like alcohol. Ends very aromatic, but also bitter, a tad powdery and subtly but unmistakably boozy - but not phenolic or otherwise yeasty as many Belgian attempts at IPA do. A light but clear hopburn is noticeable in the end - but given the overall flavours I was treated upon here, I cannot be bothered too much. It may come from an old school 'Belgian style' steinie bottle rather than a flashy can, but this DIPA is actually surprisingly decent for what I tend to expect from Enigma; it cannot have been easy to master this style and I respect this brewer for the evolution he has undergone since his more humble beginnings. Powerful, a bit crude perhaps and a tad too boozy, but surely an impressive offering seen in its context; I do feel like he is boasting his way through the craft beer scene, because a showcase of six different hops with such outspoken characters is 'doomed' to drown either of them in a bigger, indiscriminating whole. I am not entirely in favour of creating new beers all the time rather than refining existing ones, but in this particular case it could have been a better idea to create six different DIPAs each highlighting only one of the hops that went in this gluttonous hop monster. That said: pleasantly surprised overall (and apparently significantly improved lately, seen earlier ratings below); Enigma is becoming one to watch I think, especially considering the improvements this project has made over the years.

7.5

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

Can. Somewhat hazy golden yellow, medium white head, ok lasting. Quite citrusy nose with gooseberries and some white grapes and wine - tart feeling to it. Medium bitterness, some grapes presence, pretty tart and dry in the finish. Medium light body. Quite warming. Nice DIPA.

6

Sweet, citrus, fruity, burnt, rubbery, alcohol

7

Too alcoholic for a an Ipa imho and not that fresh. But tasty overall.