Cosmic Vapor
Smuttlabs Brewery in Dover, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.83
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy golden and yellow coloured body with a relatively thin, one to two centimetre tall, just off-white head that fades fairly quickly and leaves just about nothing on top. Aroma of crisp grapefruit, lemons, grass and a light dose of sweetness, but the bitter hops and associated alpha acids remain strong and noticeable in the nose. Medium-bodied; Relatively strong bitterness from citrus and grapefruit with a lot of alpha acids and herbal graininess with some flowers and a dry, pungent bitterness all from the hops, but robust throughout. Aftertaste shows some sweetness and juicy qualities with some oranges, tangerines and especially grapefruit, but the robust malt balance and bitterness helps out in complexity. Overall, a nice and pungent IPA with a deep grapefruity and strong lemoney bitterness with a grassy and floral quality as well that is balanced out nicely and showing some relatively pungent alpha acids throughout, in a good way that almost makes this seem like a traditional IPA, as well. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 12-September-2020 for US$4,99 sampled at my house here in Washington on 20-October-2020.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Oct 2020
at 06:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Greg and Jane's Lightly hazy electric orange with a decent sized but short lived frothy white head. Earthy grassy sweet bread and bits of fruity and citrus. Solid sweet malty backbone like the IPA's of yore. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jul 2020
at 00:19