Tropical Express
Kindred Spirit Brewing in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
6.67
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Very hazy straw and light golden coloured body with a very dense three to four centimetre tall off-white head that is fairly soapy and shows an ugly lace on the sides after a few seconds. Aroma of pineapple, guava, oranges, apples and a dash of lemons, but some alcohol is noticeable as well, along with a good malt backbone. Medium to Full-bodied; Very rich fruit flavours dominate with a lot of pineapple, some resinous and syrupy juice and a kick of dry floral and grassy notes, but the malts make this very chewy throughout and the additional sugars that are unfinished cloy the end of this one - in a bad way. Aftertaste is pungent - strong and very sweet and chunky; Almost more malt and sugars than anything else, but the hops that do come through are very fruity and especially tropically. Overall, deep, strong and very pungent. Nice for the haze, the fruits and complexity, but the body, syrup, malt and alcohol hit makes this a bit too pungent for the style. Nice to try fresh, but definitely worth passing over, since there are so many options in this style nowadays. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from the Department of Beer and Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 21-August-2020 for US$4,31 sampled at my house here in Washington on 24-August-2020.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Aug 2020
at 06:20