Another tick from Iceland and from a hitherto (to me) unknown brewery – so thanks again to my girlfriend for bringing back this can all the way from Reykjavik. Irregularly edged, egg-white, opening, barely lacing head, turbid deep peach robe with ruddy-brownish tinge, darker than usual for any NEIPA. Aroma of mango chutney, fig jam, honey pomelo, papaya purée, Cantaloupe, ‘perzikjenever’, baby’s fruit porridge, molten powder sugar, marmalade, passionfruit. Sweet onset, sugary but also juicy, with hints of papaya, mango, mangosteen and blood orange, medium carb with full, creamy mouthfeel; Betterfood pulp-like malt core, much more outspoken in cookie- and bread-like maltiness than is typical for NEIPA, but also deeply soaked in tropical, juicy hoppiness (tropical fruit salad) which also provides a late but effective bitter accent. Some honeyish sweetness lingers – it puzzled me why this “sweet” side is explicitly stated on the can as this is far from custom in any kind of IPA, but I guess the brewery wanted to stress New England IPA’s inherent sweet side by effectively keeping it sugary too – resulting in this rather odd, but admittedly very tasty concoction. In a certain way it almost seems as if they did not quite understand the essence of NEIPA – which really should not be that sweet at all, or at least far less so in actual taste than in aroma – and blindly tried something to come close to it... Whatever the case, for me this approach has worked, but do not expect a clean-cut, typical IPA, rather an idiosyncratic one. Notably sweet as promised too, but enjoyable for sure.

7/2/2022. Can sample courtesy of Danish pint boys, cheers. Pours dark amber brown with a small frothy off-white. Aroma is hoppy, caramel, orange, tropical, fruit biscuit, pine. Medium sweetness, medium plus bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Rich and flavoursome, slightly rough too, but liked it.

Can 330ml. @ [ Scooper Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🇩🇰 👨‍💻🍺

[ As Gæðingur Sweet New England ].
ABV: 8.0%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, moderate hoppy, fruity hops, ripe fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, ripe fruit, fruity hops, citrus, fruity malt, hops bitter, sharp. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20220108]
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Can @Ulfborg. Clear golden, white head. Fruity hoppy aroma, some pine. Bitter piney flavour, mild herbal hops in the finish.

Can @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich bitter hops, fruits, malt, caramel notes and has a nice bitter finish.

Bottle @ Fonefan tasting. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - fruity and citrus. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 080122

Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Moderate heavy bitter bfinish. Creamy palate.