Laminar Flow - Rakau
Spyglass Brewing Company in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Series|
Score
7.50
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Hazy IPA hopped with CItra and a touch of Rakau from our friends at Garston Hops NZ.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Brewery draught, 7/26/25.
As pictured.
Not super aromatic but it's very cold and what's there is lovely. Light citrus, lemongrass and mild herb. Stone fruit and sparse, cracker like malts. Clean.
Juicy with citrus, white grape and round, easygoing tropical fruits. Soft texture, medium-light body, maybe a bit watery, with white bread-like malt. Clean, no resin, and good attenuation.
As pictured.
Not super aromatic but it's very cold and what's there is lovely. Light citrus, lemongrass and mild herb. Stone fruit and sparse, cracker like malts. Clean.
Juicy with citrus, white grape and round, easygoing tropical fruits. Soft texture, medium-light body, maybe a bit watery, with white bread-like malt. Clean, no resin, and good attenuation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Spyglass Brewing Company (Innovative Way)
on 25 Jul 2025
at 16:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to the Wingmane, 24/04/2025.
Dirty hazed orange topped with a lasting white cap.
Nose is ripe tropical fruits, guava, mandarin, hop spice, NZ hop spike.
Taste comprises bitter orange, passionfruit, grass, papaya, lychee, shades of creme brulee, pineapple.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Okay IPA ... a little overly sweet for my liking though.
Dirty hazed orange topped with a lasting white cap.
Nose is ripe tropical fruits, guava, mandarin, hop spice, NZ hop spike.
Taste comprises bitter orange, passionfruit, grass, papaya, lychee, shades of creme brulee, pineapple.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Okay IPA ... a little overly sweet for my liking though.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2025
at 18:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
19th April 2025
Panda thanks to Wingman. A light haze on this slightly dusty looking gold beer, small bubbly pale cream head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Good Rakau hops delivery, crispy cooling pine, slightly ripe lime, a soft and recessed lychee vibe. Mild ripe citrus. Crisp and mildly hop spicy finish. Nice IPA. Nice Rakau showcase.
Panda thanks to Wingman. A light haze on this slightly dusty looking gold beer, small bubbly pale cream head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Good Rakau hops delivery, crispy cooling pine, slightly ripe lime, a soft and recessed lychee vibe. Mild ripe citrus. Crisp and mildly hop spicy finish. Nice IPA. Nice Rakau showcase.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2025
at 18:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours murky light gold into a shaker. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes leaving trailing sheets. Melon and tangerine aromas. Soft with mango, melon and tangerine upfront turning to lychee and white smarties in the dry, medium length finish.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2023
at 01:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can (5/31/22) pour from trade with AirForceHops--thanks, Chris! It's an opaque dark yellow with thin cap of off-white head with good retention and light lacing. Aroma is strong fruit, citrus and hint of herbal. Taste follows aroma. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, pleasant enough but not super exciting.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2022
at 04:07
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 oz. can. Aroma and flavor are intertwined. The rakau hops gives mild mango and peach hints. Citra adds the mild orange and grapefruit. Typical soft mouthfeel, zero bitterness for the style. This brewery continues to make superior brews in NH.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jun 2022
at 23:25