Nice dank chewy earth ipa. Has a classic bitterness profile. Hellobier adventkal

Unfiltered and thus hazy IPA by craft beer 'oldtimer' Sierra Nevada, which played a pivotal role in the earliest developments of American style APA and IPA - and one of the last breweries I would associate with the much more recent hazy IPA craze. I guess this is their answer to the NEIPA wave and am very curious to find out how they interpret it. Can from the new Jumbo supermarket in Ghent, now apparently three months old. Egg-white, quite thick and frothy, dot-lacing, bit irregular yet generally stable head on an indeed hazy honey-golden robe. Aroma of dried grapefruit peel, lemongrass, unripe mango, some granadilla and guava, dry bread crust, moist white pepper, background hints of damp earth, soggy white bread pulp and diesel. Quite crisp onset - more so than usual for a NEIPA - with stingy, minerally carbonation, on the sharp side for the intended style; dryish with some dried apricot and green banana accents, moving into a softish, bit oily body of white-bready malts with a sweeter brioche-like side, increasingly soaked in citrusy and moderately tropical hops with a strong grassy component - lemongrass, as well as pomelo, lime zest, unripe guava, maracuja and a hint of green mango, with a sweetish accent but also an underlying bitterness that more easily reaches the West Coast of the United States than the East Coast, establishing a peppery, bit citrus pith-like effect that lingers on for a long time, yet without becoming deeply rooty and tonic-like (even though there is a slight hint at 'hop burn' after swallowing). Feels like the umpteenth 'compromise' IPA trying to move back from New England to California, but given that this actually comes from California and from one of the very founders of West Coast IPA and eighties style APA, it is rather remarkable that they manage to create even that very illusion. In a more general sense, it is a really fine hazy IPA, but more bitter, effervescent and citric than your typical contemporary NEIPA would be, as well as less 'sultry' and tropical; for me this is not an issue at all, and even if I still prefer Sierra Nevada's more classic offerings over this, I must admit that I am pleasantly surprised. Enjoyed it.

Draught, taster. @Astro Beer Hall, Washington DC (DC). 03/09/2024 [#7.741 Global - #1.592 United States of America - #2 Sierra Nevada Brewing Company] Pours hazy golden with a rocky white head. Aroma: nectarine, tropical fruits and grassy hops. Taste: grassy hops, tropical fruits and nectarine. Tangy mouthfeel. Next one, please!

12oz can achetée à Jumbo, Maastricht. BB 01/2025, canned 03/29/2024.
Dorée, col blanc épais crémeux bien tenace.
Arôme garde cette approche classique IPA américaine - grains - froment pour un appui de céréales. Houblonné apporte un côté abricot, pot-pourri et agrumes.
Palais est 'smooth' avec ce côté classique IPA US où je reconnais bien le caractère de SN. Agrumes, doucuer fruitée à noyaux, velouté d'abricot, côté hazy reste modéré ce qui n'est pas pour déplaire.
Petite rondeur et épaisseur de fin de bouche avec une pointe de banane.

Gelb und trüb im Glas. Schön cremiger Schaum. Exotisch fruchtiger Geruch mit staubigen Malznoten. Beim Trinken bekommt man Mandarine, Zitronenschale, Grapefruit, einen Hauch von Melone, Litschi und Spuren von Karamell. Noch nicht zu bitter, nicht zu grapefruitlastig, wie man es von anderen IPAs kennt. Weich. Gut.

Can, big bubbly head, cloudy quite dark orange colour, aroma of citrus and green notes, flavor of citrus, tropical fruits and green notes, medium strong bitterness, light noticable fruity sweetness, a bit heavy. Nice.