Between State and Main DIPA
Timber Ales in Albany, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Second Draft BreweryBrewed at/by: Twelve Percent Beer Project
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Rotating
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Score
6.52
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Our 2022 version of Between State and Main is a bigger version from our original 2020 collab with our friends from Second Draft. In addition to a boosted abv, our 2022 batch showcases a few water tweaks as well as a new yeast we have been experimenting with for 2022. We hope you enjoy...Go Blue!
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6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Canned 4/28/22, drunk 5/10/22. Turbid sunset/orange smoothie with a massive, off-white head showing strong retention. Timid citrus and light floral notes with a touch of non-resinous pine and fruity esters from the yeast. A hint of alcohol and some peach on the end with sparse, cracker malt and hints of biscuit. Hard to coax much out of this one, aroma-wise. Powerful spelt notes (heavily cooked cream of wheat-like flavor) distract from some rather weak hop notes. Very light floral and tangerine notes with a soft texture and good attenuation. But where's all the flavor for its size? This is like session IPA hop character, or worse, with big malt and lightly sharp alcohol at points. This should be in the sweet spot at 12 days old, but it's just soggy, weak and boozey. Timber Ales has certainly been very hit or miss. Interested to try some of their barrel aged stouts next.
Tried
from Can
on 11 May 2022
at 00:00