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BenL8 (2068) reviewed Forms #02 - Symmetry from Track Brewing Co. 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Final beer I try in the series. Pours a hazy light yellow with almost no head. Aroma is tropical and very juicy, huge amounts of hops with underlying sweetness. Full bodied. Flavour is medium sweetness, some caramel malt and barley, creamy but not overtly so. Intense happiness, very juicy with peach and lots of tropical fruit, especially mango, passion fruit and lots of guava, some pineapple, papaya. Towards the end a bit of hop burn, but rather contained. Very drinkable for the abv, excellent.
BenL8 (2068) reviewed Forms #04 - Force from Track Brewing Co. 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Had this as one of the first beers from the series. Very juicy for the style, easy drinking, good stuff.
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Forms #10 - Surface from Track Brewing Co. was the one that did it!
3 weeks ago
BenL8 (2068) reviewed Forms #10 - Surface from Track Brewing Co. 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can shared with my brother and wife. Compared to some of the other DIPAs in this series this one stands out quite a bit with its single hopping, and Nelson Sauvin at that. Medium body. Flavour is sweet, spicy and hoppy. Lots of typical NZ hops and specifically Nelson here, especially grape, but also pronounced grass and some pine. In the finish you start getting more burn, quite a bit of hop burn in the end. Peculiar and interesting double IPA, not maybe my favourite hop profile but good, definitely well crafted.
BenL8 (2068) reviewed Forms #03 - Spiral from Track Brewing Co. 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Having this along with some other good beers from track's forms series. Hazy with a small but persistent head. Aroma is fruity, tropical, NZ hops, citrus. Medium body. Flavour is sweet, malty, fruity, sweet, orange, pine, mango. Good hops profile, punchy, but not quite as nice as some of the other DIPAs from the series with a touch of soap and hop burn. Still very tasty.
BenL8 (2068) reviewed Forms #06 - Linear from Track Brewing Co. 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Shared this with my brother and wife as one of the first beers of the new year. We've been enjoying the forms beers from track. This one is a nice, modern west coast IPA, bitter without committing too much to bitterness. Some punchy NZ hops, very drinkable overall.
BenL8 (2068) reviewed Forms #05 - Relation from Track Brewing Co. 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Can shared with my brother and wife. Pours a hazy yellow with almost no head. Aroma is intense citrus, lots of lime, pineapple, mango. Medium body. Flavour is malty and sweetish, creamy malts. Lots of citrus and tropical fruit, especially lime, orange, pineapple, passion fruit, peach. Lots of pine and very hoppy in general, but still balanced. Excellent.
BenL8 (2068) reviewed The Don from Verdant Brewing Co 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Had this back in September, this is a leftover. Not as juicy anymore, but still a nice amount of citrus, lots of pine, grass, dank . Nice, lots of good hops.
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Full Send from Soma Beer was the one that did it!
3 weeks ago
BenL8 (2068) reviewed Full Send from Soma Beer 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Beer shared with my family. Pours a hazy yellow with a small head. Aroma is fruity lots of citrus fruit, especially lime and orange, some peach. Full body. Flavour is sweet and malty, loads of fruit. Sweet orange, stone fruit, grape, peach, quite a lot of pine but integrated well with a rather creamy, malty flavour profile. Nice, abv is well hidden in this juicy, piney IPA.