Lofi Playground
Green Empire Brewing in Colchester, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.58
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Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Lofi Playground from Green Empire Brewing 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Canned 10/14/21, drunk 11/3/21. Hazy, drab brass-bronze with a small, white head that slowly fades to cover/ring. Smells very mild/understated of peach, papaya, mango, pine and lemon peel. Malts seem nicely attenuated and out of the way adding light dough/cracker and hints of honey. There's a touch of alcohol, but no hop twang. And again, super mild, understated in the mouth/flavor. Soft and dry with a pretty well-developed malt structure. Pine, lemon, papaya, pineapple. I think the black tea and earth/mineral of I7 really shows through here and the El Dorado contributes the pine and bitterness/edge while the Sabro just adds weird pineapple. Kind of hate two of these hops quite a bit (Sabro and El Dorado). Still, they've done well given that. Could definitely use a bit more levity/juice/softness but it's well-brewed and that's the important thing and thus I will try some more of their beers.
jcwattsrugger (14787) ticked Lofi Playground from Green Empire Brewing 4 years ago
tfontana (7277) reviewed Lofi Playground from Green Empire Brewing 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Can (4/6/21) pour from Worldwide Wine & Spirits, Southington. It's a cloudy, murky dark yellow with no sparkle, finger-width off-white foamy head with fair retention and light lacing. Aroma is initial pineapple dominant over herb that transitions to dominant musky herb at the finish. Taste is mix of pineapple and herb with late spices, malt backbone. Mouthfeel is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with smooth, thick texture, soft carbonation, no hint of alcohol, and dry, mildly bitter finish. Overall, well made but I think it's just a mistake to pair Sabro and Idaho 7. I like Basil and I like pineapple but I don't want to have them together.