Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught @ Stanford Court, SF. Pours red with an offwhite head. Aroma of light sourness, wheat, little salt, red berries. Flavor is light sweet, light sour, wheat, red berries, blueberry. Medium body, average carbonation, light acidic finish. 150718
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from a 16 oz can dated May 1st, 2018. Aroma is very hop forward with lots of tropical fruit and dank resin notes. Lots of mango, passion fruit and papaya with light pineapple and citrus. Light grain and oat notes. Pours a very hazy, dull, golden hay color with a medium large, thick, frothy, white head that exhibits nice retention as it slowly recedes to a thin film that lingers. Moderately high amounts of lacing and small legs. Flavor has a light sweetness with light cracker malt and oat notes. Medium bitterness with light alcohol notes. Moderately high hop notes with tropical fruit, citrus and hop resin. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a nice hazy DIPA. Lots of hop character with some sweetness and hints of malt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Straw beer with a whitish head. Summer fruit and tropical fruit aroma. Grapefruit and summer fruit with tropical fruit and light pine. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and summer fruit lingers with tropical fruit.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can. Pours cloudy yellow, small off-white head, dissipates slowly, good lacing. Aroma is passionfruit, mango, melon, grapefruit, grassy. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter. Medium body. Not as good as the "normal" version.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Pours clear golden, medium white head, dissipates fairly quickly, decent lacing. Aroma is piney, light grapefruit. Flavor is dry, lightly bitter, piney. Medium light body, bubbly carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Poured from a 16 oz can dated June 26, 2018. Aroma is very yeast ester forward with lots of tropical fruit and light dank hop notes. Lots of mango, passion fruit and stone fruit with light pineapple and citrus. Light grain notes. Pours a somewhat hazy, golden color with a medium large, thick, frothy, white head that exhibits decent retention as it slowly recedes to a thin film that lingers on the edges. Moderately high amounts of lacing and small legs. Flavor has a medium light sweetness with light cracker malt notes. Medium bitterness with light alcohol notes. Moderately high ester notes with tropical fruit and stone fruit. Light hop notes of citrus and resin. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, an odd IPA. I brewed an IPA with this ester profile when messing around with torturing the East Coast IPA yeast strain - under pitch and let it ferment a bit hot. It's interesting but it kind of overwhelms the hop notes.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Pours haze orange, lots of floaties inside. Large white head, creamy, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is grassy, peaches, grain, fruit,melon. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter, under ripe peaches. melon. Medium body.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Pours cloudy yellow golde, large creamy white head, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is fruity, dank, mango, pineapple. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, juicy, tropical. Medium body, soft mouthfeel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can. Pours cloudy, nee milky yellow gold, small white head, dissipates fairly slowly, good lacing. Aroma is garlic, dank, pot, leafy, grapefruit. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, dank. Medium body.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Pours medium hazy golden, small off-white head, decent lacing. Aroma is grapefruit, melon, mango. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter. Medium body. Better than the Alvarado version (!)