American DIPA tasted from tap at Gollem in Antwerp (during their Craft Beer Madness event). Creamy, thick, egg-white, stable and lacing head over a hazy yolk-yellow beer with peachy tinge; aroma of fresh yellow grapefruit, toasted onion, spruce shoots, wormwood leaves, tangerine peel, gin, moist white pepper. Cleanly fruity onset, hinting at green melon, starfruit and a bit of dried mango, sweetish with a light sourish note, soft and smooth, oily mouthfeel, feeling lighter than it really is. Doughy, ‘white’ bready, soft malt base underneath a very long, piney, grapefruity, tonic water-like, resinous hop bitterness, its peppery character accentuated by a soft afterglow of gin-like alcohol, lively and forceful ‘old school’ citrus peel and pine aromatics retronasally. I love a good West Coast style DIPA and this clearly is a nod to the origins of the (sub)style, rather than trying to connect it to that current NEIPA haze like so many others do. Refreshing and uncompromising, enjoyed this one quite a lot.

Bottle thanks to Russell. Pours black with medium tan head that lasts. The aroma is strong roast, cocoa, vanilla bean. Slick body, strong vanilla, coconut, roasted malt, nice sweetness, enjoyed this.