Toppling Goliath Brewing Company ZeeLander

ZeeLander

 

Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - New England / Hazy Rotating
Score
7.46
ABV: 6.2% IBU: 60 Ticks: 74
This single hop IPA showcases the rare Nelson Sauvin hop from New Zealand. Delightfully confusing aromas of citrus and mandarin oranges give way to an incredibly complex body of earth tones and marigolds. This is truly unlike any hop you’ve ever tasted.
 

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7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle drunk 11/6/16.
Bright lemon-golden body is topped by a full, white head showing moderate to strong retention. High clarity.
Straightforward Nelson in the nose, but very nicely done, adding bright lemon, limestone, guava and wine-like minerality. It runs in to a lot of malt sweetness; big honey notes, with very light caramel and biscuity notes, as well. Some mild earthiness and no resin, thankfully, nor alcohol.
Very supple, malty body shows quite a bit of sugar still remaining. It’s not underattenuated, but certainly a lot sweeter than the New England IPAs I’m used to drinking (which, understandably, have to be a lot more dry to make up for the fact that they’re very low on IBUs). Anyways, the beer is still very nicely hopped with lots of wine character, lemon, cherry, strawberry and more limestone. Light earthiness and a touch of dry ash help soak up the malt. No alcohol or flaw.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2016 at 17:22


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

[1/31/16] Bottle sample at a hotel lobby bottle share during RBWG 2016 in Santa Rosa. Cloudy golden. Oniony hops aroma. Sweetish malt flavor with bitter oniony hops. Medium-bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2016 at 18:16


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle split in hotel lobby post RB best ’16, 31/01/16. Golden orange with a decent off white covering. Nose is pine needle, dank hop, citric tinged straw, mandarin, tangerine. Taste comprises pine needle, orange pith, light grapefruit, peach, straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a skunky hop bitterness. Solid IPA.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Feb 2016 at 07:02


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

Bottle shared at rbwg 2016. Translucent golden orange coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma so odd, dank hop, refried brans, lemon, juicy. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, base grains. Orange rind. Dank lemon, dank, lemon. Palate is semi sweet, highish carbonation, grainy, good.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2016 at 23:42


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

22oz bottle pours out a hop hazed golden topped with a white head. nose is lots of hops a nice citrus crisp notes and a nice light malty sweetness. taste is more of the nice crisp hops some melon and a nice malt balance.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2016 at 00:50


8.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Bomber. Pours a hazy golden/orange in color. Minimal white head and lacing. Aroma is intense. Starts off upfront with orange/grapefruit/citrus hops. Theres a bit of earthiness too... maybe even some onion. The taste is exceptional; a truly fruity, juicy, tropical hop explosion. Bitterness is well restrained for an IPA. Medium bodied and very smooth. I love this beer.

Tried on 14 Jan 2016 at 15:13


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap-tight white-murky gold. A-citrus zest/some pine, grain. T-citrus zest -orange hops with a bite, grain/lt malt.

Tried from Draft on 08 Nov 2015 at 16:33


6.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours a cloudy golden orange with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of bitter citrus with a hint of sweet onion and a grain backbone. Flavor has a combination of bitter citrus and onion with a sweet grain backbone.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2015 at 15:35


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

Bottle at home for fathers day. Hazy orange pour one finger head. Nose is wonderful tropical fruit amd pine. Tastes of mango, pine, resin, candy, caramel, pineapple. Semi sticky sweet palate. Fairly bitter. Quite delicious.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2015 at 23:01


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle: Pours a golden honey color with a thin ring of creamy off-white head. I like the aromatics; a citrus and tropical fruit blend with floral and spicy herbal notes. Flavor is more herbal and spicy floral hops. Something in the tail hints at peanut butter. A decent flavor, but the aroma is so good... overall not too shabby for my first TG brew.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2015 at 11:49