Experimental #7 (Double IPA) - Eclipse
Superflux in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.65
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These two Double IPAs are brewed with the exact same base recipe and then fermented and dry-hopped differently.
Eclipse - exclusively uses a newly released Australian hop that was developed by cross-pollination between Australian and North American hops. It is very bold and brings notes of intense lime zest, pepper, and pine needles. It was fermented slightly cooler and dry-hopped aggressively.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from the brewery
Murky pale blond colour. Compared to the Idaho 7 sister, this one is more dank, more full bodied, still quite juicy, maybe a bit more residual sweetness, with orange juice. It's bolder, and there doesn't seem to be that final astringency.
Very good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Poured from the tap. Murky gold with white head. Dank citrus hops, mild pot, and a fair bit of chalkiness. Decent nonetheless.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
473mL can, pours an opaque, dirty milky yellow with a small white head. Aroma is rather chaotic and harsh, with pot-like hops, lots of dankness, chalk, and sweet malt. Flavour is both dank and chalky -- there's lot of pulpy stone fruits, lots of chaotic chalkiness, aggressive dank hops, and sweet malt. There is little harmony here, lots of chaos, and too much chalkiness, creating a lot of murk in flavour. This isn't impressive, and for the price tag ($24) is even less impressive.