Old Nation Brewing Company M-43

M-43

 

Old Nation Brewing Company in Williamston, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - New England / Hazy Regular
Score
7.56
ABV: 6.8% IBU: 65 Ticks: 136
The First release in our “New Orthodox” IPA series, M-43 is designed to accentuate the deep and complex character from the combination of Calypso, Amarillo, Citra, and Simcoe hops. Citrus and Tropical notes of Pineapple, Mango and Grapefruit come through in the huge, yet surprisingly delicate aroma. The flavor backs these aromas with a soft, pillowy mouthfeel. Hop bitterness is not particularly intense, which leads to a very drinkable, juicy IPA even non-IPA fans love. The Haze is not from yeast, but rather from an interplay of lipids from the malted oat and oils and acids which naturally occur in the hand selected Dry hops. This beer is a perfect interplay between top grade malt and hops, MI water and brewing technique which cannot be faked.
 

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Tried from Can on 17 May 2025 at 14:59


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Beer Republic. Aroma is juicy fruity hops with citrus, tropical fruits, papaya, mango, passion fruit, oniony dankness, oats, orange, guava, some pineapple. Flavour is sweetish with a soft bitterness. Body is medium. Beautifully gentle and juicy, I could not stop making sips.

Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2025 at 12:00


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Hazy deep gold with a two-finger head. Aroma was grapefruit with hints of spruce. Taste was also grapefruit with a slight pine resin. Pretty good.

Tried on 21 Jan 2025 at 05:39


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

Very hazy straw golden coloured body that's murky, but still shows some bubbles on the sides of the glass, all with a two centimetre tall pure white soapy head. Aroma of oranges, grapefruit, light honey, oats, a touch of hay, grass and some lactose in here as well, with a bit of alcohol at the end of the nose. Medium-bodied; Very orange-y and citrusey flavours show at first with a kick of dryness and hay-like, almost saison-y notes at the end with a slight bit of sugars, but the end shows some actual hop bitterness, too. Aftertaste is rich - pretty malty, especially for the style that somehow shows a bit more biscuity than others, but this is very clean and dry with some hop bitterness coming through the seems, with an underlying flavour of citrus fruits throughout. Overall, a nice beer - about right for the style, but the strawberry (tart) version that I sampled yesterday was somehow much better overall - this is a tad dry, but still shows the fruits here and while the hops are noticeable, the malt sticks out a bit too much. Good to sample from the great state of Michigan - fairly fresh, but I'd recommend the tart-strawberry version of this [M-43] if you only have ONE! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Trader Joe's in Northville, Michigan on 23-October-2022 for US$3,25 canned on 29-September-2022 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 17-December-2022.

Tried from Can on 01 Mar 2024 at 06:46


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can: Poured a hazy bright yellow with a frothy white lacing head. Aroma is hops, fruity, citrus, aloe, orange. Taste is fruity hops forward, citrus, grapefruit, resinous.

Tried from Can on 02 Jul 2023 at 03:17


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Taster at Downers Rotary GroveFest. Big fruity edge just from sniffing the foam. Haze makes it almost look like a glass of milk. Taste is very nice. Milky again, like some lactose is involved? Fruity ale notes. A slight edge of bitterness meeting bright malts.

Tried on 26 Jun 2023 at 02:55


7.5

Tried on 14 Jun 2023 at 18:58


8.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

16oz can from Tavour. Finally tracked this one down due to its consistently high scores. Hazy orange golden pour, small creamy white head. Citrusy aroma, oranges, hint of caramel. Taste has light, sweet cccaramelly malts up front which quickly slide under a layer of velvety citrus hops and orange juice. So Smooth, so tasty. I'm not worthy!

Tried from Can on 08 Feb 2023 at 03:28


7
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Murky yellow gold with a large foamy white head that lingered and left great lacing. Tanfya and Citric with moderate tropical fruit and little bitterness. Medium finish and body.

Tried on 03 Jan 2023 at 22:02


8

8/15/22 thanks Brian aroma is juicy citrus, candied orange, tangerine, grass, with a soft mouthfeel. Lingering bitterness in the finish.

Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2022 at 17:39