(473ml can from masoif.com) Pours very hazy medium gold with a thick white head that's very stable and leaves heavy lace. Aroma is super-fruity and very NZ, big hits of kiwi, white grape, green gooseberry, sweet guava, lime candy, some cannabs. Flavour is off-dry at best, bright and juicy despite the limited sweetness, lots of white wine grape highlighting candied cured pale citrus (lemon/lime), kiwi, pineapple, mixed fragrant but not heavily musky tropical fruit, smooth doughy malt with clean and fairly neutral yeast, finish is zero bitterness, long and fruity with white grape and floral tropical fruit, less dank than typical Riwaka maybe but with a little weed edge for kicks. Medium-bodied, between creamy and oily, soft smooth carbonation. Super-smooth, balanced, full of NZ flavour. Awesome DIPA.

(On tap @ the brewpub, Limoilou, Feb 11/23) Pours very hazy deep gold with a decent white head and good lace. Aroma is wonderfully intense, fuzzy peach candy and ripe peaches if rendered as a cannabis strain thanks to heavy waves of dank leafy NZ vibes, touch vinous and earthy, soft bready malt underneath. Flavour matches the nose, lightly sweet and heavily hopped up front, rich notes of fuzzy peach candy and ripe peaches, a certain peach skin quality too that's softly bitter, a bit of lime zest in the back, heavy leafy Nelson, dank for sure, a bit earthy, not skunky like Citra, smooth lightly bready malt, good yeast fruitiness, not-quite-chalky drydown with light but grippy bitterness, lots of peach and dank leafy stuff in the finish, no hop burn. Medium-bodied, slick to creamy, fairly soft carbonation. After 9e Marche this is another excellent Southern Hemi hop shake from them.

(On tap @ the brewpub, Limoilou, Feb 11/23) Pours opaque medium orange with a slight pinkish tinge and a stable pale orange head with lightly pulpy lace. Aroma is leading with sugared blood orange and ripe banana, nice melange of musky florals coming from the ensemble of tropical fruit, really rich layers to it, feels sweet and only lightly tart on the nose. Flavour is lightly sweet and nicely tart, quenching blood orange core balanced by the richness of banana, bright pineapple much more prominent than the nose, the mix of passionfruit, guava and guanabana gives a rich musky floral quality for sure, very complex with light lactose input only, finish is banana-forward with a lot of intense floral tropical fruit. Medium-full mouthfeel, soft carb, nice and pulpy for a 'yellow fruit' smoothie. Excellent, summer in a glass in the middle of winter.

(On tap @ the brewpub, Limoilou, Feb 11/23) Pours opaque deep reddish with a pink-white head and pulpy lace. Aroma is quite fruity as expected, a lot of rich earthy cassis jam, a bit vinous, pears are definitely present with floral tones blending with the vanilla, raspberry is pleasantly in the back seat but is definitely amping up the fruitiness by countering the leaner aspects of the other fruits. Flavour follows the nose, rich in cassis preserves and with raspberry in the backseat but preventing too much astringency or tannin overload, the pears and vanilla supporting with a sweet floral aspect to keep the overall balance sweet-tart. Finish is just lightly tannic and grippy, pears and raspberries show up a bit more but cassis structure still dominating. Medium-bodied for style, mostly avoids the grittiness of some pear smoothies, soft carbonation. Excellent atypical berry smoothie action here, enjoyed it a lot.

(473ml can from L'Axe du Malt, Quebec City) Pours very hazy medium gold, thick white head with some lace. Aroma is super-NZ, lots of thick white grape, floral tropical fruit (guava etc), sticky dried mango, heavy dank leafy vibes, white grapefruit peel, Phantasm-like thiols, doughy oat/wheat malt. Flavour is lighty sweet and again loaded with white grape, white grapefruit, guava, heavy thiols, dank AF, sticky mango and resin underneath, peppery intensity to the dankness, malt is quite dry and doughy without a ton of residual sugar which nicely supports the grapey, thiol-laden and white wine heavy hop load nicely. Fruity all the way into the finish, thiol party, round fruity yeast, guava and mango with lightly sugared grapefruit, aromatic white wine squeeze, dank peppery vibes behind it all. Dry finish with lingering tropical florals and citrus over a spicy-dank moderate bitterness. Far and away the best Nano Cinco hops to date, takes a hot minute to really open up but then it's a balanced beast. Huge NZ-forward hop bill, Riwaka and Nelson of course pulling weight but NZ Cascade is surely in there too.

(973ml crowler from the brewpub) Pours opaque pumpkin orange with a pale orange-white head that fades leaving heavy pulpy lace. Aroma is overripe sweet earthy-dank mango, almost funky, some nice ripe apricot there too, musky floral lychee is definitely underlying it if you’re looking for it. Flavour is juicy sweet and only lightly tart, heavy orange juice-like ripe mango pulp up front, the rich sweet-tart apricot is propping it up, lychee really breaking through in the finish with nice musky florals and a little fruit-funk to it. Aftertaste is lychee-forward ultra-dense orange juice. Mouthfeel is medium-full, pulpy, moderately carbed for a smoothie, distracting chunks of what seem to be lychee peel/skin towards the end of the glass in particular. Declicious flavours and aromas, as good as can be for a 'yellow' smoothie - nearly brilliant. Just get that weird texture from the lychee out, it felt like they weren't peeled?