tiong (21350) reviewed East Meets West 14° from White Labs Brewing Co. 4 years ago
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500ml can @ Pien, Helsinki. Sweetish, slightly buttery and bitter with some floral notes, grass and earthiness. Feels more like a Czech pils than IPL.
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Can at Pien, Helsinki. Color is cloudy golden with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Some fruits, some grain, hops and malts.
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500ml Can - Hazy golden with a white head. Peach, mango and lychees in the aroma, a hint of pine. Hoppy taste with peach, syrup, grapefruit, orange and some slightly earthy notes.
mithe (4550) ticked East Meets West 14° from White Labs Brewing Co. 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5
Just a smidge better than the WLP830, cleaner and tighter, with a grassy middle laced with grain, apple, and white bread, and a more pronounced floral hop presence in the finish. Better fade as well, lacking the hints of buttered popcorn in its sister can. Not an overly memorable pils, but a good enough pint.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6
Clean and crisp, with a bright cracker malt front backed by hints of grass, lemon, apple, and yeast, followed by a grainy middle and a mild floral bitterness on the finish. Lingering yeast in the fade. Undertones of butter and sweet corn. Not bad, but a bit sloppy for a pils.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4
Close to being a sour IPA. The kveik yeast brings out heavy notes of tart berry, grapefruit juice, and chive, with a little funk underneath. Yeasty, with less bitterness than London Fog but also harsher, less refined. Interesting, but neither of these IPAs are all that great.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
Dryer than its counterpart, with a heartier dose of citrus pith, backed up by stone fruit and a moderate mineral bitterness. Neat experiment drinking these two IPAs side-by-side, but both are rather mediocre overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Süffiger, süßlich getreidiger Beginn. Intensiv, fein bitter, sehr trocken. Lang herb hopfiger Abgang. Nett. 10/9/10/9//9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Stark hopfiger, trockener und intensiv bitterer Beginn. Stark hefig, intensiv grasig, vollmundig. Intensiv hopfiger, hell herber Nachgeschmack. Gut! 10/12/12/12//12