Juicy^2 NE IPA
Full Circle Brewing Company in Fresno, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.03
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jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Juicy^2 NE IPA from Full Circle Brewing Company 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Very hazy and opaque deep orange and light copper coloured body with a fairly rich, off-white head at around two centimetres tall that leaves a thin lace on the sides of the glass. Aroma of oranges, grapefruit, resin, caster sugar, some noticeable alpha acid bitterness and some alcohol, too. Medium to Full-bodied; Very rich and astringent metallic and bitter flavours show at first with a pungent hop bite and a lot of dank notes coupled with some strong grapefruit and orangey components with the alcohol quite noticeable at the end. Aftertaste is rich and very bitter, like an older school West Coast IPA, but with a bit more of a metallic and alcohol punch that doesn't fade fast. Strong and rich with a fairly simple and straight-forward profile. Overall, a nice enough older school (read: bitter) Imperial IPA that shows Imperial Status through the pungent bitterness and warmth of the alcohol, with some stone fruit flavours still and a light sweetness at the end, but definitely not the majority of the taste here. Nice to sample and reminds me of the days of old IPAs that really were bitter! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Trader Joe's in San Francisco (North Beach), California on 08-March-2022 for US$15,00 (for a mixed four pack) [US$3,75 each] canned on 17-June-2021 and sampled at my house here in Washington (on the other coast) on 23-May-2022.
bb (18607) reviewed Juicy^2 NE IPA from Full Circle Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Hazy amber beer with a cream head. Tropical fruit and citrus aroma. Tropical fruit and light earth flavor with backing malt. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and light earth linger with light summer fruit and backing malt.
bhensonb (22726) reviewed Juicy^2 NE IPA from Full Circle Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Can from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours hazy gold with a creamy white head. Aroma suggests banana and strawberry. Med plus body - thanks to a lot of carbonation - soft tho. Flavor is juicy - less than dry. Flavor is mango, passion fruit, banana, earth. Maybe melon. No strawberry. Has sharp bits and bitterness. Quite tasty.