8.3

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

Thin white head on an ultra hazy pale golden coloured body. Medium to full bodied, smooth with a sharp clean back.
Lime, oats, citrus pith, garlic & onion tastes with a huge bitter hopped up finish.
Excellent.

8

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

1 US pint can, as Finback Whale Watching Double India Pale Ale, from Vinmonopolet Stavanger Hinna. Hops are Citra, Idaho 7, Mosaic, Strata and Nelson. Hazy / opaque yellow colour, moderate white head. Aroma of citrus, yellow stonefruits and various tropical fruits. Flavour of said fruits, also distinct notes of pine needles and sprucetips. Good beer.

7.9

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

Can at home, from HOTM online, 23/11/2025.
Murky orange golden topped with a lasting just off white head.
Nose is ripe tropicana, mandarin, pineapple, grass, orange pith, guava.
Taste comprises light stone fruit, mandarin, grass, grapefruit, pine needle, melon, hint of mango.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close spiked with light juicy come resinous hop bitterness allied to a mellow boost.
Solid DIPA.

7.8

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

Can at home, from HOTM online, 23/11/2025.
Murky orange topped with a white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is bitter tropical fruits, grass, mandarin, mango pulp, papaya.
Taste comprises orange pith, pine resin, grapefruit, dank spike, guava, lychee.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Solid DIPA with a good bitter balance.

7.9

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

473ml can, hop bill now includes Cascade - "Chinook, Columbus, Cascade" written on my can. Pours a clear golden with a white head. Aroma of resin, pine, grapefruit, caramel. Taste is the same, resinous and piney with orange and grapefruit, sweet caramel malts, a little marmalade, good bitterness though the sweet malts counter it a bit too much, would've liked stronger bitterness given this is a westie. Medium bodied. Still, good effort for a haze merchant.

7.8

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

Can at home, 16th November 25. Pours and clear dark golden. Aroma is resinous, pine and citrus. Taste is bittersweet, nicely balanced and drinkable

7.6

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

8.4

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

Can from The Fuss Club. Nice nose of mango, papaya, cloudy lemonade, peach, apricot, passionfruit. Taste is peach, mango, nectarine, grapefruit, passionfruit, cloudy lemonade. Juicy fruity hop laden mouthfeel. Very nice with the added bonus of exceedingly flavoursome burps.

7.4

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

Can @ The Hoptimist, Manhattan NYC (July 2025). Pours extremely hazy dark yellow like orange juice, small frothy off-white head that flops flat to leave a ring, orange aroma, adequate carbonation, mildly bitter orange juice-mango taste, somewhat thick body, long juicy finish. Juicy NEIPA.

6.1

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