Cherry Vanilla Frappe
Mystic Brewery in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Milkshake Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.82
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7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at Lulu's, 5/13/18.
Heavily hazy, though not quite soupy. Strawberry blonde-copper body with a small, pink-tinged head that fades steadily to cover.
Cherry notes are light and fruity, soft. Green hop definitely gives an IPA-like feel to it and the vanilla and lactose additions are quite low and not very apparent here, which is fine. With warming/breathing it remains very fruity, growing tart and malic, even with a good dose of citrus and pine from the hops. Not super juicy, yet not resinous either. Lots of cherry-vanilla and marshmallow as it warms with pineapple, nectarine and lime emerging to add more hop depth and take the focus of just citrus and pine.
In the mouth it's soft, dry, fluffy with lots of good fruit juice character from the cherries showing a good mix of tartness and light juiciness. A touch sharp and bitter on the finish yet, however. Continuing on, it's quite dry, with good vanilla notes throughout and a "fun" creamy texture but I still hold that it would be better with honey-like malts in place of the milky-sweet, marshmallow-heavy lactose.
Heavily hazy, though not quite soupy. Strawberry blonde-copper body with a small, pink-tinged head that fades steadily to cover.
Cherry notes are light and fruity, soft. Green hop definitely gives an IPA-like feel to it and the vanilla and lactose additions are quite low and not very apparent here, which is fine. With warming/breathing it remains very fruity, growing tart and malic, even with a good dose of citrus and pine from the hops. Not super juicy, yet not resinous either. Lots of cherry-vanilla and marshmallow as it warms with pineapple, nectarine and lime emerging to add more hop depth and take the focus of just citrus and pine.
In the mouth it's soft, dry, fluffy with lots of good fruit juice character from the cherries showing a good mix of tartness and light juiciness. A touch sharp and bitter on the finish yet, however. Continuing on, it's quite dry, with good vanilla notes throughout and a "fun" creamy texture but I still hold that it would be better with honey-like malts in place of the milky-sweet, marshmallow-heavy lactose.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2018
at 18:22