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50cl bottle. A murky golden beer with a big off-white head. Aroma of mild juicy hops, banana, yeast, mango. Taste of dry bitter and jucy hops, mango, citra, yeast, green banana. Mild bitterness.

0,5 bottle at Two More Beers with Snegurochka. Local historic brewery Malduguns' latest take on the New England IPA genre. Slightly hazy straw yellow body, maybe not as murky as you would ideally expect from a true NEIPA. Medium white head that leaves some spotted lacing in the glass. Quite pretty for the category. Aroma is relatively pungent and interesting and - again - perhaps not what you would expect from a NEIPA. While the fruity bitter hops are there the malty punch the aroma also brings is surprising. This is very much followed up by the taste which is much more caramelly (is that even a word?) than expected given that you ignored the aroma. A consistently made beer is always good, but not very NEIPA-like, anyways. Good aftertaste that keeps for quite a long while, and carbonation, mouthfeel etc. is really good and pleasing whilst not the juicy heaven that the very best of the genre provide. Malduguns have produced a NEIPA that is not perhaps made by the numbers but still original and quite drinkable. Taken at face value this is not a bad beer by any stretch of the imagination.

Probably the last beer of the year. Smell-weak hops, citrus, Foam- thin, hops, citrus, acidic tones. Head is large, white color Appearance- brewer bottle cap, simple but somewhat nice label, will round up. Clear orange color, few carbonation bubbles. From- pint Taste- weak citrus, hops, faint fruits, faint lemon. Bitter aftertaste. Nothing special to be honest.

Citrus, fruity, juicy, malty, thick, lactose

Magus, mehune, mõru, kuiv, veits herbaalne. Ok , 3.4