Cross Border Espionage

Twin Sails Brewing in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Collab with: Aslan Brewing Company
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular Out of Production

Score

6.22

ABV: 7.5%

IBU: 25

Ticks: 5

When we first started chatting with our friends at Aslan Brewing about this collaboration, our infatuation for hops was definitely something that we had in our sights, pairing that notion with our upcoming anniversary, we knew that we had to design a recipe that was going to be something exceptional. After some back and forth, we landed on a combination of Galaxy, Rakua, and Cryo Pop partnered with one of our favourite yeast strains. The resulting liquid erupts with juicy peach rings, gummy bear candies, and alluring passionfruit aromas. On the palate you'll encounter a pillow-like mouth feel that lends way to a tropical oasis showcasing arrays of luscious stone-fruit, fresh citrus zest, crushed pineapple, and bruised papaya levelled off by a dry and slightly bittering finish. Best consumed cold and fresh!

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6.8

fiulijn (28383) reviewed Cross Border Espionage from Twin Sails Brewing 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from the brewery
Murky blond colour. The hop character is mostly citrus peel; the mouthfeel is a bit chalky; the bitterness also comes as pith. Dirty but drinkable, definitively lacking a better hop expression.

Tried from Can on 05 Feb 2023 at 10:04

5.9

BeerPlace (11108) reviewed Cross Border Espionage from Twin Sails Brewing 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

16oz @ Alex's. Appearance: cloudy golden with a white head. Aroma: pithy, some weird hops. Taste: along the same lines, weird stone fruits notes, a bit harsh, strange bitterness. Overall: meh, not balanced.

Tried on 15 Jan 2023 at 01:39

5.6

pictoman (9831) reviewed Cross Border Espionage from Twin Sails Brewing 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Poured from 473mL can. Murky yellow with white head. Aroma has a ton of stone fruit, taste is pith and super muted hops (almost to the point where I ask, what happened to the hops?). Dull and muted. Disappointment.

Tried from Can on 10 Dec 2022 at 06:28

5.4

mcberko (47797) reviewed Cross Border Espionage from Twin Sails Brewing 3 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

473mL can, pours an opaque murky golden yellow with a medium white head. Aroma brings out pithy stone fruits, lots of chalk, and citrus hops. Flavour is murky and chalky, with lots of stone fruit pith, almost no hops (25 IBU for a IIPA? Fuck off), and some chalk. Rather green, pithy and murky. This is quite low-quality.

Tried from Can on 30 Nov 2022 at 03:15

Oakes (33770) reviewed Cross Border Espionage from Twin Sails Brewing 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Can. Opaque. Thick head. Bright papaya, canteloupe and stone fruit. On the palate, the melon and papaya stand out the most. It's sweet, probably too sweet. Lots of alcohol in the finish. So the balance is a bit off for me, especially given the weakness of the malts. Takes more than hops to make a DIPA work.

Tried from Can on 23 Nov 2022 at 02:38