Full Hop Alchemist Ver.32
West Coast Brewing (Japan) in Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan 🇯🇵
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.14
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翠色に輝き迸る錬金術、今年の研磨が形になる。気が付けば2023年が終盤戦へ突入するも、Alchemistは常に進化していくHopの力を引き出すため日々の鍛錬に余念が無い。精神一到、彼に成し遂げられないことなど皆無であり、さらに多くのHop Dudeたちを惹きつける32回目の賜物。
マンゴーやパッションフルーツにパイナップルと、トロピカル祭でダンクなアロマ。グレープフルーツやストロベリーのニュアンスも感じられる。しっかりとした甘さに、ほのかな苦み。ピリッと炭酸が効きアルコールによる温かみも◎。
いつだって最後まで全力を尽くす彼の姿は、僕らを奮起させてくれる。ホップに導かれ歩み続ける、永遠なる錬金術。この世界に映える深紅のマントを纏い、Hazyパワーが炸裂。秘められた力は固定概念を砕き、新しい真実を生み出すのである。
Word on the street is that our Alchemist just sits in his hop closet juggling massive bags of Big Boi IPA hops all day—not (entirely) accurate. The combos gon’ get real Hop Dudes. V32 is about to hit taps and shelves (and your squeaky clean glass… fingers crossed) and is a bold blend of two hops that are not as familiar to modern IPA savants—Enigma and Sultana. Full disclosure: it’s a little sweeter than most of our FHA offerings, and a touch out of balance (missed the mark just a touch?), likely due to a lighter body and slightly warmer mash temp (the jury is out, but adjustments are in order). It is however also absolutely delicious, loaded with fantastic FLAVORS of the lychee / white grape and overripe mango persuasions, with a subtle yet solid strawberry candy-like component. In a word V32 is very tropical, but brings all kinds of fascinating sensory in a hazy quite unlike anything we have cooked up to date.
マンゴーやパッションフルーツにパイナップルと、トロピカル祭でダンクなアロマ。グレープフルーツやストロベリーのニュアンスも感じられる。しっかりとした甘さに、ほのかな苦み。ピリッと炭酸が効きアルコールによる温かみも◎。
いつだって最後まで全力を尽くす彼の姿は、僕らを奮起させてくれる。ホップに導かれ歩み続ける、永遠なる錬金術。この世界に映える深紅のマントを纏い、Hazyパワーが炸裂。秘められた力は固定概念を砕き、新しい真実を生み出すのである。
Word on the street is that our Alchemist just sits in his hop closet juggling massive bags of Big Boi IPA hops all day—not (entirely) accurate. The combos gon’ get real Hop Dudes. V32 is about to hit taps and shelves (and your squeaky clean glass… fingers crossed) and is a bold blend of two hops that are not as familiar to modern IPA savants—Enigma and Sultana. Full disclosure: it’s a little sweeter than most of our FHA offerings, and a touch out of balance (missed the mark just a touch?), likely due to a lighter body and slightly warmer mash temp (the jury is out, but adjustments are in order). It is however also absolutely delicious, loaded with fantastic FLAVORS of the lychee / white grape and overripe mango persuasions, with a subtle yet solid strawberry candy-like component. In a word V32 is very tropical, but brings all kinds of fascinating sensory in a hazy quite unlike anything we have cooked up to date.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 9.5
slightly bizarre nose of melon cream and orange soda mixed together but it really smells lovely. Muscat tangerines, melons on the palate. Low medium bitterness and medium carbonation . Fairly juicy but drier than normal. Good but beside the Uchu this gets destroyed
Tried
on 26 May 2024
at 13:35
7/10
Tried
on 29 Feb 2024
at 21:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can shared in London - cheers to Tipple. Pours hazy yellow with a creamy, white head. Light sweet flavour with notes of pithy lemon, grapefruit, pine needles. Medium bodied with massaging carbonation. Sound.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Feb 2024
at 21:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can split at the ‘rar’ date tasting in CBJ, thanks to Tips, 29/02/2024.
Golden orange topped with a white head.
Nose is bitter orange, grass, raw pineapple, melon balls.
Taste comprises grapefruit, grass, pine resin, mandarin.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy hop bittereness.
Okay easy going DIPA.
Golden orange topped with a white head.
Nose is bitter orange, grass, raw pineapple, melon balls.
Taste comprises grapefruit, grass, pine resin, mandarin.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy hop bittereness.
Okay easy going DIPA.
Tried
on 29 Feb 2024
at 00:00