Tongue Tied
Nickel Brook Brewing Co. - Burlington

 

I bought a can at the LCBO in Ontario Canada 473ml at 5.6%.
Poured into glass hazy orange yellow color with a 2 finger head.
Lots of tropical fruit flavors pine and citrus smooth and creamy leaving a lace as you drink it.
Neilson Sauvin, Galaxy, Citra and Strata hops are used
Overall a very tasty dry hopped IPA..
Design on can reminds me of the Rolling Stones.
Cheers

Look: Pale yellow, hazy. Pours with a two finger white head, that receded quickly leaving a slight ring around the glass.

Smell: Slightly piney with mild citrus and dry grass tones. I'm also getting a some hints of Pinot Grigio or other zesty white wine.

Taste: Buttery, earthy, sour grape, with some general citrus and pineapple flavours. I'm finding it hard to identify the flavours, and not really enjoying them. It's Juicy but not in a sweet way.

Feel: Definately the highlight of this beer for me. It's sharp and prickly. Very crisp, dry and bitter.

Fans of sour beers, or better yet white wine drinkers, looking to spend the evening with a new IPA, might find this to thier liking. For my tastes this is a B-.

 

473 mL can from the LCBO; dated Jun 29 2021 and served slightly chilled. It says 'gusher' on the side of the can, which to me suggests that I should open it over a sink - though I don't think that's what they actually meant to convey, because a) that's not a selling point and b) it didn't gush at all.

Pours hazy, turbid and translucent with a pale yellow-hued body; situated atop is an inch of puffy, soapy white foam that wilts within a matter of minutes. A wavy band of lace is imprinted onto the glass as it recedes down to a tight collar filmy-thin cap; hard to look at this and say it's anything but an NEIPA. Fragrant and fruity on the nose - I'm getting grapefruit, lemon, white grape and passion fruit, with hints of orange, melon and berries, as well as a touch of pine needles.

The flavours follow after the aroma - lots of grapefruit, with lesser hints of orange, passion fruit, apricot and melon. There's even a touch of strawberry, but it's easily lost amongst the other, more prominent hop flavours; it finishes with touches of piney, dank bitterness and lingering pithiness into the aftertaste. Medium in body, with moderately lively carbonation that lends a bit of spritz to this brew's mostly smooth, pillowy-soft texture. Borderline poundable - I doubt I'd want to stick with this all night, but a few cans in a row would be A-OK with me.

Final Grade: 4.06, an A-. Tongue Tied ranks up there with some of the better hazy DDH IPAs you can find across Ontario these days. It's quite good, but a little more 'oomph' from those Nelson Sauvin and Strata hops might've pushed it even higher - truthfully, I'm mostly getting the Galaxy. If forced to choose, I'm not sure I'd take this over their Wicked Awesome, or good ol' Headstock for that matter. Of course, what I'd really like to do is find fresh cans of all three, and then compare them side-by-side to see which Nickel Brook IPA is truly the best of the bunch. Note to my future self...

 

 

 

 

Pours straw gold with a frothy but short lived head. Lots of lace trails cling to the glass on the way down. The aroma is full of oranges and mangos and pineapple. Big wall of tropical hops in the taste, with a light doughy malt profile in the back. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. High bitterness and tropical hop flavors in the long finish.

A great IPA with plenty of dank hop flavor. I'd get this again.

 

Pours cloudy, yellow-gold coloured with a 2cm loose head on top. Tropical fruits (passionfruit, guava) and hops on the nose. The taste is bitter, but in a way that refreshes. It’s not a hop bomb or a juice bomb (the label says it is) but these elements in their amounts combine for a very nice tasting IPA, a taste I haven’t found in a new beer in a while. Mouthfeel might be a tad thin, but that’s ok for a refresher
Dec 28 2021

473 ml can served cold into a chalice for $3.25 CDN. Canned April 29, 2021.

Appearance - Hazy pale yellow gold with honey brown hues. A finger of loose white head that fizzles off into soapy remnants. A bit of lacing clings to the glass.

Smell - Papaya, maybe some mango and some general piney elements. Not the biggest nose out there as far as IPA's go.

Taste - Leafy and weedy initially with traces of fruity juiciness, then papaya shows up and fades away leaving a piney resinous finish. Refreshing and solid, kind of old school with some twists thrown in.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied, trending towards lighter as far as the style goes. Assertive and crisp carbonation and a semi-dry finish.

Overall - There's just something about this beer, maybe it's the freshness, maybe it's the flavor combo, maybe I'm just thirstier than usual, but the comb is excellent and the overall quality of beer is greater than the sum of its parts. A beer I will go back again, provided I can find it as fresh (or nearly so).