Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Reviewed from notes.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: very dark brown color with a finger's worth of tan foamy head which dissipated inward to leave some light lace
Aroma: woody sweet/bourbon barrel notes, light char, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, dark fruits, subtle vanilla, and mild sweet earthy scents
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a semi-spicy to sweet and earthy quality, light finish of milk chocolate and woody/barrel notes
Texture: medium to full bodied, this is a sipper! Really good smoothness on the tongue, the spicy woody notes seem to be nondescript
Overall: an extremely well done barrel impy stout more than worthy of coming back to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviwed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: burnt orange haziness with a two finger white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: peachy to pineapple to passion fruit with some hoppy zesty tones, light clean malt
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine bittersweet juicy quality with a fine finish of the passion fruit and pineapple
Texture: medium bodied, sessionable, nice low carb, fairly smooth, low bitterness
Overall: nicely done NEIPA I would definitely return to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: dark brown in the pour but closer to black in the glass, three finger eggshell white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: dark bready notes, toast, sweet char, some woodiness, sweet earthy tones, light coffee
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together nice and semi-roasty, toasty and semi-sweet, mild sweet char aftertaste
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, earthy smooth yet capable of some roasty grind against the tongue, mild finish of dark bready to earthy & toasty character
Overall: I like this dark lager, I'd definitely return to.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Heatwave from Upper Pass Beer Company 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: glossy yellow with some transparency to it. Two and half fingers of white foamy head slid off delicately to leave some light messy lace.
Aroma: sweet corn, sweet grassy hops, super subtle lime/or maybe lemon, subtle hop spice and hay-ish sort of qualities
Flavor: balances between the sweet corn/hay/ever-so-slight breadiness to a slight hop spicy aspect; no aftertaste
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, sly smoothness - the hop spice is a bit detained here on the tongue, finishes crisp with the sweet corn & lemon meshing
Overall: nicely done - Mexican lager? Sure that's what I guess this is supposed to be.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Growler into a becher glass.
Appearance: dark murky cardboard orange color with a finger and a half's pour of white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: grapefruity fleshiness and skin roaming into some subtle grassy to floral hop notes, seemed more of a caramel/toffee malt base but clean
Flavor: bittersweet with a touch of juiciness but nothing really popping out; mild grapefruity aftertaste
Texture: light to medium bodied, some sessionability to this; stiffer hop cling touches the tongue, finishes with the grapefruity hop tones
Overall: the brewer might say this is a NEIPA but IMO, I would say this is one of the first efforts when brewers were first starting to get the true NEIPA going to where they are now-a-days.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can to tulip.
Appearance: murky to muddy orange color with a two finger white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: tropical fruity hoppiness, grapefruity hop tones with some danky and piney crisp hop tones, nice clean malt base
Flavor: blends the prior mentioned aromas nice and bittersweet juicy with a fantastic quick aftertaste of tropical fruitiness and pine
Texture: medium bodied, between sessionable and being a sipper; nice low carb, fairly smooth along the tongue; finishes tropical fruity and semi-danky
Overall: a very nicely done NEIPA I would definitely have again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Can to snifter.
Appearance: orange to copper color with a finger and a quarter's worth of white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace.
Aroma: apricot-like, strawberry & melon-like hoppiness; clean cracker malts
Flavor: blends the prior mentioned aromas together bittersweetly, semi-juicy, mild aftertaste of the apricot to strawberry hoppiness
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards the sipping side, lenient hop stroll on the tongue, finishes fairly dry and semi-juicy with the strawberry/melon hoppiness
Overall: IMO, might not be one of those NE styles but I believe this "semi" old schooled style of DIPA still has what it takes to be on the market these days
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Can to becher.
Appearance: glossy burnt yellow with some transparency to it. Two finger white foamy head slid off at a nice pace to leave some light messy lace
Aroma: light grassy to herbal hoppiness, some grains, light sweet malts
Flavor: mildly blends the prior noted aromas together somewhat sweetly with a touch of zest and a touch of oiliness; quick aftertaste of oiliness and grassy hops
Texture: light bodied, somewhat sessionable; oily slick on my tongue; finishes slick and grassy
Overall: another one of these Italian pilseners but I must mention I believe the dry hopping helped prevent some of the slickness I normally find in this style to have been slowed down a bit, that was a plus!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can to tulip.
Appearance: thick orange cardboard haziness; two finger white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: tropical fruits and white grapes, subtle grassy hop zest, even lighter on the piney-ness of the hops, bready malts
Flavor: bittersweet juicy to resiny blend of hops rolling over the malts very nicely; mild aftertaste of resin and white grapes
Texture: medium bodied, good sipper; nice low carb, very smooth along tongue; finishes semi-juicy with a sly danky grip
Overall: a very nicely done NEIPA very worthy of returning to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: dark orange haziness; two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: light pineapple, piney/resinous to subtle danky hop toned with nice clean malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas together very nice and bittersweet; mellow aftertaste of pineapple to piney hoppiness
Texture: medium bodied, some sessionability about it, nice low carb, some smooth along tongue; finishes with the pineapple and piney hops
Overall: pretty nicely done NEIPA I would bang again. Really loving the use of Strata hops in this.