Spring IPA
Peak Organic Brewing Company

 

Good and drinkable NEIPA as are most Peaks. I just find their Slim Hazy to good to stray to any other.

 

Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a lightly hazed golden color with a one finger head of fizzy white foam. The head has a moderate level of retention, fading over time and leaving small islands of foam on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The smell is strongest of a grapefruit hop smell mixed with some light cracker malt and a bit of herb. There is some melon and a little bit of a peach and apricot, as well as notes of grass.
Taste – The taste begins with a crisp crackery and bready flavor mixed with some of the light stone fruits that were in the nose. There is also some of the hop, with it being a mix of grapefruit, herb, and a light bit of floral. The hop is light upfront, but grows stronger as the taste advances. A touch of pepper and coriander, and notes of melon rind, must, and hay come on at the end, leaving one with an overall rather pleasant and crisp, moderately hopped taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel -The body of the brew is thin to medium in thickness and chewiness with a moderate carbonation. Overall, the feel is pretty decent and makes for an easy sipper at 4.7 % abv.
Overall – An overall rather easy natured brew.

 

 

This is the best session IPA I've ever had. It has tons of hop flavor and aroma and despite the low abv has plenty of body and grain presence.

 

Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a hazy yellow color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of tropical fruits. Taste is the same as the aroma, pineapple and oranges stand out, very mild bitterness. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a decent and refreshing beer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy New CANned Modern Twin Peak Evil Times Beer Sunday (Week 744), Round 3! The CANQuest (tm) is getting a good workout.

From the CAN: "A session IPA for Springtime"; "Local sourcing[,] Bright juicy hops[,] Certified organic"; "The best ingredients in beer".

My excitement may have been misplaced since it was a CANbination Session IPA as well as a NE hazy IPA, but I Crack!ed open the vent & gave it a C-Line Glug all the same. I was met with just under two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, eggshell-white head with modest retention. Thankfully, I got some nice lacing in the bargain, so all was not lost. Color was a hazy Yellow-Gold (SRM = 4 - 5). Nose had a nice grapefruit citrusiness, but I have been burned by aroma hops in the past, so I was reserving my remaining enthusiasm for what was to (possibly) come. Mouthfeel was medium-to-full, not quite creamy, but big for the style. The taste was slightly bitter with a grapefruit-like presence, but I still felt like it lacked something. Like Ooomph! It simply had no presence. I felt like I was missing something after each sip due to its ethereal nature. 8=( Finish was dry & refreshing, but so were many other beers. This one did nothing for me. YMMV.

 

Sipped on during a sunny spring day outside in NYC, and this beer couldn't have matched the environment better. Poured hazy golden with a frothy head that stuck till the end. Only slightly bitter, but not too sweet either. The perfect combination to represent Spring.