Pineapple Gusher
Decadent Ales in Mamaroneck, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.67
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jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Pineapple Gusher from Decadent Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Ridiculously hazy pale golden coloured body with a very thick, five to six centimetre tall tan head that is slow to fade, all atop a beautifully hazy (95 per cent opaque) gold glow. Aroma of canned pineapple, lactose, vanilla, cream, potato chips, oranges, curacao, wheat and a dash of alcohol at the end, but seemingly no hops, in the nose at least! Full-bodied; Dense and very rich pineapple and malty chewy notes with a ton of cream, lactose, cardboard and somehow more malts, with alcohol and extra sugars thrown in. Aftertaste shows a lot of the canned pineapple and pineapple juice characteristic with an emphasis on the sweetness versus the freshness of the fruit, with yes, a lot of malt, a bunch of alcohol and some fitting richness from the lactose and creamy notes. Overall, a decent enough beer, but the pineapple is seemingly either artificial or just canned (not fresh pineapple), the lactose and creaminess is a bit too strong, and once again (like the other Decadent/Fruit Punch Gusher) there are no hops here - this isn't an IPA of any type, it's a pure, fruit beer...decent at best. The 'Fruit Punch Gusher' was much better in my opinion, and I love pineapples! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Knightly Spirits in Orlando (Orange Blossom Trail), Florida on 30-December-2020 for US$5,22, packaged on 19-October-2020, sampled at my house here in Washington on 07-February-2021.