Fugu on Tour #1

NEDIPA in collaboration with Gamma Brewing, brewed with chit malts and hopped with Galaxy, Citra and Cashmere; can shared by tderoeck, cheers Tim! Egg-white, medium thick, dense, shred-lacing head, cloudy yolk-yellow robe with pale orangey apricot tinge. Aroma of yuzu, starfruit, granadilla, halfripe mango, lime zest, mandarin, honeydew, meringue, limoncello, Screwdriver. Juicy onset, lots of granadilla and starfruit with a touch of mango, prominent citrusy effects too (lime) adding considerable freshness; softish carbonation but importantly tingling through a soft, almost creamy, juicy body, with a Betterfood- and white bread-like malt core drenched in bright, lightly tropical-tinged hoppiness, zesty and radiant, with the starfruit, yuzu, mango and lime returning. In the very end, a light glow of wodka-like alcohol is noticeable, but it does not interfere with the wonderful splendour of the hops nor that creamy softness of the malts – I had much more boozy NEDIPAs from craft brewers in other European countries perhaps better known for this genre so kudos to these Fugu guys, they really are becoming a force to be reckoned with in IPA land.

29/IV/23 - 44cl can from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ coach ride to Tilquin English Beer Fest, BB: 13/XII/23, canned: 13/III/23 (2023-352)

Pretty cloudy beige blond beer, small creamy off-white head, unstable, a little adhesive. Aroma: nice, juicy, very dank, hoppy, a little cheesy, funky, some marijuana. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, hoppy, juicy, resinous bitterness, tropical fruits, more dank hops. Aftertaste: very dank, juicy, marijuana, tropical fruits, lovely beer!

Pours hazed, intense haze even, blonde. Small white head. Scent is light, damp pepper-type yeast (NEIPA style, but less fruity) No real hops or malt aroma, the specific yeast has the upperhand here. Taste is fairly bitter, over a thick body, almost smokey by the yeast ( obviously not truly smokey, but it's pointed in that direction) . Way to little hoparoma - not only stylmetechnical, but also what the beer needs for any balance. Creamy base.

Draught Small, fine yellowish ring over muddy ochre-orange beer; shards of lace. Citrus, green leaves and herbs (whiff of bog myrtle), citruspeel. Asafoetida, citruspeel, grapefruit and a jumble of hopesters. Bit vegetable frying oil. Medium bodied, quite oily-slick. Not very carbonated. Bit run-of-the-mill, dull-ish. A little more fruitiness might have worked miracles.