Here's Your Futurea
Cloudburst Brewing in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.11
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Canned on 2/4/25
Drink Your Babies
God reached his hand down from the sky…and the Hop Quality Group breeding program swatted it away with a middle finger while saying “WE ARE SCIENTISTS MOTHERFUCKER.” Ok maybe that’s a little egregious/aggressive…but we are LEGIT THRILLED to finally brew with HQG 4 - an experimental public(!) variety we’ve championed since 2019, though it’s been in the pipeline as a baby since 2015 when it was known as HQG2015034-023. This harvest, we finally had enough of it to brew with - shout out to Crosby, CLS and Jackson farms for planting an acre each - and we went full send with it into a big batch of IPA. Afterall, it was ranked 2nd out of 32 blindly judged hops at the BA’s Hopsource this past year. Full disclosure, there’s a smidge of Citra and Mosaic in there, but this beer is a whopping 70% of HQG 4. So bend your knees and bow your heads, drink your babies, here’s your future.
Drink Your Babies
God reached his hand down from the sky…and the Hop Quality Group breeding program swatted it away with a middle finger while saying “WE ARE SCIENTISTS MOTHERFUCKER.” Ok maybe that’s a little egregious/aggressive…but we are LEGIT THRILLED to finally brew with HQG 4 - an experimental public(!) variety we’ve championed since 2019, though it’s been in the pipeline as a baby since 2015 when it was known as HQG2015034-023. This harvest, we finally had enough of it to brew with - shout out to Crosby, CLS and Jackson farms for planting an acre each - and we went full send with it into a big batch of IPA. Afterall, it was ranked 2nd out of 32 blindly judged hops at the BA’s Hopsource this past year. Full disclosure, there’s a smidge of Citra and Mosaic in there, but this beer is a whopping 70% of HQG 4. So bend your knees and bow your heads, drink your babies, here’s your future.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Mar 2025
at 21:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Hazy golden beer with a cream head. tropical fruit and light citrus aroma. Citrus and tropical fruit flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Citrus and tropical fruit linger with light pine.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2025
at 22:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours quite cloudy orange juice, medium off white head, good lacing. Aroma is melon, mango, orange. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter. Juicy. Medium body
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Feb 2025
at 22:58