Ancestral Breath

Commonwealth Brewing Company in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular

Score

7.26

ABV: 8.9%

IBU: -

Ticks: 7

Our first use ever of African Queen hops! Super excited about this dank South African hop variety with a former 007 type code name like 98J17/63 packing dank blueberry, stone fruit and gooseberry flavors!

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7.6

obguthr (12465) reviewed Ancestral Breath from Commonwealth Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Pounder: Honey, papaya nose. Opaque orange, thick sticky head. Honey, caramel, papaya, lemongrass. Cantaloupe finish. Medium body, soft carbonation. Interesting, good.

Tried from Can on 29 Dec 2018 at 02:11

8.1

Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Ancestral Breath from Commonwealth Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can drunk 12/20/18.
Moderately-to-heavily hazy, light peach-brass-golden. White head fairly rapidly to ring.
Light tangerine, pineapple, meyer lemon and indistinct other yellow fruits. Not sure how old this is, since their date stamping is a joke at Commonwealth, but it is soft, fragrant and juicy with no edge to it at all. Even the citrus is round and bright. Malts in the background give the typical honey-cracker-biscuit, supportive but out-of-the-way. No alcohol or flaw. Hop seems pretty nice...
In the mouth it's indeed soft and juicy with a strong candied citrus and marmalade character leading to meyer lemon, light pineapple-nectarine and ending on honey and biscuit. Supple, malty and yet well-attenuated with engaging carbonation and no alcohol or flaw. This is fruity, juicy, soft and flavorful with no thick NE IPA character or heavy yeast. Not intensely full of bubble gum. Alcohol is well-concealed.

Tried from Can on 24 Dec 2018 at 15:49

7.1

nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Ancestral Breath from Commonwealth Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

16oz can pours a murky orange with some frothy, white head. Nose has melon, orange, malt, herbs. Flavor has herbs, oranges, tangerines, soap. Finishes full bodied.

Tried from Can on 22 Dec 2018 at 21:26

radagast83 (13490) reviewed Ancestral Breath from Commonwealth Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16oz can at the early December Ratebeer DC Tasting. Poured a super hazy orange color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was pleasant juicy notes. Flavor had some light vanilla tropical fruit. Really pleasant.

Tried from Can on 10 Dec 2018 at 06:53

6.4

mcm1 (3805) ticked Ancestral Breath from Commonwealth Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

12-9-18 cans from CBC

Tried from Can on 10 Dec 2018 at 03:32

7.1

iphonephan (11575) reviewed Ancestral Breath from Commonwealth Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

From a 16 oz. can at the December 2018 RB gathering. Pours a cloudy pale gold with a white head. Aroma of tropical fruit. Flavors are moderately bitter.

Tried from Can on 02 Dec 2018 at 22:52

8.2

solidfunk (21946) reviewed Ancestral Breath from Commonwealth Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Mango and green onion. Wonderful stuff. Pine and pineapple. Hazy orange pour. Great stuff. Bitter and green onion tang finish. Can.

Tried from Can on 02 Dec 2018 at 22:44