7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Thnx to Geert. Pours black. Small white head. Smell is chocolaty, caramel. Taste is full, caramel, aged chocolate. Spicy, not that thick. Mild vanilla. OK, but I expected way more. Kinda taste like aged chocolate.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

473ml can. Jet black colour with huge, frothy, settling, minimally lacing, beige to tan head. Sweet-ish, chocolately malty, slightly doughy yeasty aroma with additional spicy notes of coconut, maple sirup, cinnamon, vanilla, pecan, walnut. Taste is sweet dark malty with predominance of additives like coconut, vanilla, maple sirup, pecan, walnut; slightly dry and minimally bitter roasty, nutty finish.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

473ml can. Murky, orangey golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Juicy, citrusy fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of orange, mandarine, oaty and wheaty, malty background, zesty overtones. Taste is bitter hoppy, slightly zesty, citrusy fruity, hints of orange, mandarine, orange zest, dry, oaty basis, a chalky touch.

8

473 ml. can. Black – lighter if that is possible with very non-lasting head. Nose is super coconut in a low artificial way with sweet mocha, coffee, low sweeter nuts. Taste is low fake but nice coconut chocolate mocha, hazelnut, chocolate, low fake but super delicious candy-bar taste, mocha, sweet nuts, hazelnut, pecan, sweet low candy bar, good but not very thick bodied brew. Overall super tasty candy bar-like brew.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can 473ml. @ Beer Merchants Tap, 99 Wallis Rd, Hackney Wick, Greater London, England E9 5LN. [ As Outcast The Forgetful Brewer ].Murky matt medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, orange, dried fruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, dried fruit, sweet malt, figs, sweet malt - caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20180929] 7-3-7-3-15

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can@Peders, Copenhagen (2nd year Anniversary Party) - Dark brown to black with a beige head. Dark sweet and roasted malty with some decadent cocoa, some brown sugar, some coconut notes coming in, medium body, dark malty coconut infused finish.

6.9

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Double New England IPA by Outcast, a brewery in Alberta, Canada, from a tallboy can of half a year old - a bit much for this style, but anyway. Thin and loosely knit, off-white, immediately open head with some small 'dots' in the middle and a discontinuous 'ring' around the edge disappearing almost completely; murky ochre-hued peach blonde robe, looking like homemade pear juice, not very attractive but not very atypical for NEIPA either. Quite expressive but not necessarily enticing aroma of overripe shallot, fermenting mango, moldy oranges, withering kitchen herbs (dill), old dough, strong 'old hops urine', thyme, cold potato mash, granadilla juice of a few days old and even stale homemade lime juice, hints of English gin or spiced Polish wodka, juniper berries, wet clay. Lively fruity onset, lime sourishness equally mixed with mango and carambola sweetishness, pineapple accent, mild yet still somehow 'refinedly' stinging, minerally carbonation (a tad much for style perhaps), slick and supple, bit 'fluffy' body. Soggy sandwich-like malty breadiness underlies an expressive aromatic dimension, bringing back the impressions from the nose, mostly the 'rotting' shallots, urine, moldy citrus fruit and overripe mango; the hops at the same time also deposit a lingering, slightly resinous, green-herbal and peppery bitterness onto the root of the tongue, but never evolving into full-fledged resiny bitterness. Powdery (due to yeast more than hop 'powder') ending, with a glow of very gin-like alcohol, while 'neutral'-flavored, palpable breadiness persists. I see mostly mediocre ratings of this one below me and I can easily see why: this has the basic features of a (strong) NEIPA for sure, but fails to hit the sensitive spot when it comes to hoppy aromatics, instead delivering old, moldy, sweaty aromas which many 'failed' NEIPA attempts tend to display. A bit of a mess, if still enjoyable from a purely flavour-wise viewpoint; not very successful as a NEIPA though, even if admittedly I taste this beer too old - if ever there was a style to enjoy young, it was probably NEIPA, whether it be 'double' or 'single'. NEIPA will never be my personal cup of tea and I sincerely think this hype is hugely overrated, but within those restraints, this is not quite as bright, juicy and saliva-inducing as e.g. Trillium's or Cloudwater's equivalents in the exact same range. I guess my first encounter with this brewery was a tad disappointing, but then I came to be a lot more severe when judging NEIPAs than before, this can is clearly too old, this brewery probably performs better at other styles and I'm probably just and old bore now that the text limit is again 10,000 characters.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tall can at Erik's. Pours a dirty pale golden with a white head. Aroma is caramel and citrusy. Taste is similar. Old school. Ok.

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

473mL can, pours a cloudy dull golden orange with a small white head. Aroma smells a bit old and old school, with earthy hops, bready malt, and aged hops. Flavour is along the same lines, with bready malt and earthy aged hops. Old school and just not in prime condition. It's okay.