Bottle from Hogs Back Brewery shop, Tongham. Aroma is fruity and spicy; marmalade. Hazy dark orange. Thin foamy white head recedes. Big and fruity with a multitude of flavours. Medium bitter. Resinous. Sharp citrus. Spice. Sweet juiciness throughout. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. I like a marmalade beer so two thumbs up.

Hazy IPA by the single brewery that paved the way for the American craft beer movement which eventually went on to revolutionize beer worldwide; now owned by Sapporo, new Anchor beers pop up from time to time, and this one seeks to connect with the great ‘haze craze’ – a tad ironically perhaps, because Anchor is among the breweries that can be credited for pioneering the original American ‘West Coast IPA’, which is often seen as something of an opposite to hazy (or, more specifically and accurately, New England-based) IPA. Typical Anchor bottle, with orange label this time. Snow white, moussy, regularly edged, medium thick head, indeed hazy pure orange blonde robe with apricot glow. Aroma of unripe oranges, tomato leaves, dry biscuit, green olive, tamarillo, lemon thyme, southernwood, mandarin peel, toasted pine nuts, sage, Graham crackers, dried spring onion, raw green beans. Crisp onset, sweetish but very clean, hinting at green guava, unripe melon and a touch of mandarin, lively carbonated (more lively than is typical for a NEIPA-like beer, in fact) with supple, lightly oily, rounded mouthfeel. Cracker-like and moderately biscuity malt sweetish core, flavoured with an edgy hoppiness which holds the middle between herbal and citric, reminiscent of southernwood and lemon verbena but also mandarin, tamarillo, green olive and tomato leaf, becoming peppery and even rooty in the end, albeit never too harsh – remaining mellow and aromatic. Odd but tasty American IPA, quite distinct which I consider something of an achievement in an IPA-ridden world; still, in its very genetics, this remains a very West Coast style IPA, yet in a more fragrant, less bitter form – so do not be fooled by the name and expect a hazy West Coast IPA rather than a New England IPA, and then you probably will not be disappointed. I enjoyed this one a lot, in any case, Sapporo-owned or not.

Mostly meh, with a stale fruity hop note, uninspired malts. It’s not bad but comes across substandard.

12 ounce can from Woodman’s Eau Claire, 3/19/22. Hazy orange, large fizzy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of tropical fruit, pale malt. Straightforward. Taste is pineapple, lime, melon, pale malt. Crisp, mild bitterness. Solid.

Can from Grocery Outlet in Vacaville, CA. Pours hazy orane tinged gold with a large foamy/creamy white head. Mango aroma. Med body. Flavor is mango, citrus and either pineapple or passion fruit. Juicy but rather towards dry. Nicely bitter.

Can. Light hazy amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit aroma. Tropical fruit and grapefruit flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and grapefruit linger.

From the variety pack. First time I have seen it and it's at a store that I don't frequent that often. All were packaged in April.

Pours a lightly hazed straw gold with an impressive head of foam and lacing.

Smells of mango, pineapple and oranges.

Taste is mango, pineapple, oranges, toasted malt and Anchor yeast. Very tasty.

Great juicy mouthfeel.

For being a bit over 4 months old, this is quite impressive.

Bottle. Pours hazy yellow, small white head, some lacing. Aroma is grapefruit, hint of dishwater. Flavor is muddled, light sweet, light bitter. Light body

12oz can. Really fails to capture the style. Malty toffee tone, awkward orange juice hop tone. Needs more hop bite to balance out the malt tones. Quite weak and lame for the style. Drinkable, but nto a good IPA of any sort.