Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Winter 2025/2026 can drunk 2/16/26.
Some light floral notes, deep grassiness and soft citrus with white grape and white peach. Rich honey-like malt balancing easily. Clean and with a bit of breadiness and very slight mineral on the finish.
Big hoppiness but low bitterness. Equally big, rich, honey-like malt but drying out on the finish with proper bitterness, mineral, light breadiness. Reminds me a lot of Schilling, which is a very good thing.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

They dated this year's cans! Canned 12/31/25, drunk 2/16/26.
Wow, this smells a lot better than the previous year's....from what I can remember. Bright, fleshy, floral, aromatic melon with kiwi, guava and passion fruit. Rich, lush, deep, honey-like malt comforts and balances but there's no alcohol or resin noted.
Sweet and approaching syrupy for an IPA. A burst of alcohol in there, unfortunately, and lots of sweetness from the malt initially, though drying out with aid from the alcohol. The lovely melon is there, but harried a bit by the sugars and alcohol. If they could duplicate that delightful fresh melon character and the zesty kiwi/passion fruit, without so much malt intensity and alcohol, I'd be very, very interested and excited. As is, the aroma seems to be the best thing going here.

Thanks Natasha and Matt!

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Canned 1/22/26, drunk 2/14/26.
Peach-pear and some melon are all interesting and fairly unique (about as unique as you can get in the NEIPA game). Even a bit of juicy red apple and some pink guava-like hints in there, as well. Honey-like malt and fruity yeast gently balance. No alcohol, resin, flaw noted.
Big melon-kiwi with a bit of bitterness and ultra-soft, fluffy, honey-like malts. Some definite white wine notes though nowhere near the intensity/clarity of top notch Nelson. But it doesn't seem like it's trying to imitate Nelson. Lots of juicy citrus and ripe tropical fruit with no twang. Drinks very fruity smoothie like with a tropical zest flare and mostly ample acidity. A bit of lime-like character a la Motueka, which is nice here, contributing to the acidity. It's not a stunner. Maybe a touch too mushy and juicy and fruit salad-like; a lot of the pitfalls of many Motueka-heavy IPAs, but it's still incredibly drinkable thanks to Tree House always doing a great job with malt depth/texture and attenuation.

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Canned 1/16/26, drunk 2/14/26.
A quick burst of the commercial description-mentioned overripe pineapple, but it's quickly softened by heavily fruity yeast and rich, soft, honey-like malts. Sweet, ripe, ruby red grapefruit seems accurate, as well. Very low acidity, only coming from the pineapple character initially, then fully giving way to yeast and malt.
Super juicy, fruity, tropical, citrusy. Soft, sticky texture with plentiful malt, tending on the sweeter side, but there's a good, citrusy bitterness to combat it. With warming and breathing it actually seems to get more bitter, to the benefit of the beer. Really nice balance of malt and hop here and unlike a lot of their special IPAs, it has almost no twangy character. The overripe pineapple hinted at at first in the nose is nowhere to be found. Really creamy, succulent, rich, but not overdone stuff.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can at home, from J and B Craft Drinks, Amsterdam, 13th February 2026. Pours thick and hazy orange yellow. Aroma is mangoes, earthy, some dank and pith. Taste js full and balanced. Tropical and citrus, earthy and bittersweet