TiHKAL: Nelson Sauvin & Amarillo
Ascension Brewing Company in Novi, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Series Out of Production|
Score
6.09
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TiHKAL (Terpenes i Have Known and Loved) is our new rotating hop IPA series. Brewed with Oats, Wheat, and Honey malt, and a different dry hop everytime. TiHKAL IPA w/ Nelson Sauvin and Amarillo. Notes of white wine grapes, grapefruit rind, ripe citrus. Released September 2018.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can sourced from Beerdome and shared at home (15/06/2019) - hazy golden orange pour with a white head. Medium sweet fruity and malty, getting the honey sweet malts, some citrus fruity notes coming in with some tangerine and grapefruit, medium to light body, touch bitter into the piney hoppy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jun 2019
at 08:13
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
473ml can. Hazy, orangey, bright golden colour with average, thick, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Weak, citrusy hoppy aroma, hints of orange and mandarine, a touch of honey and cereals. Taste is watery, citrusy hoppy, hints of orange and mandarine, a touch of cereals in honey, a dry touch of lupulin powder. Watery texture, quite anaemic overall.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jun 2019
at 18:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Oat, wheat, tropical, orange, smooth, onion, this is great after the bbq, it’s a bit chalky though, minerals, tangerine, decent
Tried
on 03 Jun 2019
at 14:35
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours opaquely hazy deep golden/orange/green/amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough,, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is an awesome NEIPA. All around great omplexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Apparently a rotating dry hopped series, this feels like all Galaxy. Very juicy, vibrant, dank, and earthy balanced hop complexity; with a nice balancing wheat/oat/malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness from lingering resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering. A bit more bitter/resinous/drying than expected, but still very well made for the style.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2019
at 18:50
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can - pours gold white head - nose and taste of citrus, orange peel, caramel malt - medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2018
at 21:51
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Courtesy of Connor, can
Murky blond colour. The aroma is wrong, next to the hop resins there is some chemical component, there is some apple. Smooth mouthfeel, too chalky, astringent final, with some possible butter.
Messy, not offensive, but definitively problematic.
Murky blond colour. The aroma is wrong, next to the hop resins there is some chemical component, there is some apple. Smooth mouthfeel, too chalky, astringent final, with some possible butter.
Messy, not offensive, but definitively problematic.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Nov 2018
at 17:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tall can at Erik's. Pours a dirty cloudy blonde with a white head. Aroma is lots of diacetyl, some veggies and tropical fruits notes. SImilar taste. Not good.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Nov 2018
at 03:18
2/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 1
473mL can, pours a milky yellowish blonde with a small white head. Aroma is nothing but diacetyl and chalky yeast - ugh, disgusting. Flavour is only slightly less offensive, with tons of diacetyl, chalky yeast, and light piney hops. Loads of diacetyl and yeast. Undrinkable and offensive.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Nov 2018
at 03:16
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Opaque. Ok head. Dull tan. On the aroma is some diacetyl and a lot of green/lupulin powder stuff. Very bitter, and harsh. No balancing malts, but there is some muddy yeast. A big miss.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2018
at 03:15