Experimental India Pale Ale - 2018
Upslope Brewing Company - Lee Hill

 

 

12 oz. Can
BB: DEC 29 18

Poured into a tulip a pretty nice hazy yellow color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy one-finger white head, which also leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, passion fruit), slight diesel. The taste is pretty nice as well, hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, passion fruit), slight diesel like. Medium body, ABV is hidden nicely, with a nice dry/bitter finish. Overall, a pretty tasty brew. Glad to see it around here.

Best by 10/19/18. Denali, Azacca, Galaxy, and Vic Secret hops.

Hazy and juicy appearance with a little light shining through so not totally opaque. Creamy head of 1 finger with nice lacing skirted around the glass.

Slight hop spoliage on the nose which is a shame but beyond that I get pineapple, honeydew, lemongrass, pine, lemon, passion fruit, and sour gummi worms.

Definite hop spoilage but beyond that it goes into bright yellow fruits - pineapple, mango, lemon, slight banana. Some faint pine and grass but it's calm and not harsh.

Feel is crisp and creamy at the same time, not particularly thick but still a good feel.

Overall not bad. Wish I would have drank it sooner, it came in a variety pack so I had no idea what the dates on the cans were. I'd like to try it fresh sometime.

 

 

 

Yellow and hazy with large head
Smell isn't super strong, but it's super complex, very sweet with seemingly as many different hop aromas are there are different types of hops
taste is just as complex with sweetness behind it. the hop blend tastes almost neutral? Very easy drinking but very powerful.
Overall impressive

 

Poured from a 12oz can with a best by date of 9/4/18; into a pub glass.
Appearance- a mildly hazy straw yellow with plenty of bubbles meeting at a thin, white head; lacing is scattered and filmy.
Smell- grapefruit, nectarines and some arugula.
Taste - flavor combination of bitter grapefruit, spicy arugula and mellow stone fruit!
Feel - light to medium body with strong combination and an aggressive bitterness that seized the palate!
Overall- definite hop bomb that doesn’t relent, reminds me a lot of some of the more aggressive hop brewers like Stone and their offerings!

Poured from a 12 oz. can. And yes, you guessed it. That can came from woodychandler. Has a hazy bright yellow color with a 1 inch head. Smell is of citrus, pineapple. Taste is juicy, grapefruit, a bit of pine, mild bitterness. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall is a pretty good beer.

 

 

 

 

Once more, the Tavour service comes through for The CANQuest (tm) is a big way! I may not be buying many bottled beers through them, but you CAN bet your bottom dollar that I am snapping up CANs as they become available.

From the CAN: "Hand-Crafted Beer"; "Ingredients [-] Snowmelt; Malt; Denali hops; Azacca hops; Galaxy hops; Vic Secret hops; Yeast"; "Specs [-] Hand-Crafted; Aluminum CAN; Portable; Recyclable; Good"; "#ApresEverything".

I Crack!ed open the vent on the CAN & beCAN a slow, gentle Glug until I realized that it had an inherent haziness that I could not overcome & so I became a little more aggro in my Glug. This resulted in the unbidden creation of just over a finger of dense, foamy, rocky, bone-white head with decent retention that left behind some nice lacing in its wake. Color was a slightly-hazy Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7). Nose was kind of sweet, especially with orange/tangerine zest and pineapple along with light lemon and pine. Hmm. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was kind of muted as compared to the nose, coming across with a more citrusy bitterness than I expected, more towards grapefruit and lemon than orange and pineapple. The pine woodiness was still there, but it all just seemed a bit muted. Finish was dry, but it just seemed understated and not up to its potential. YMMV.

 

 

Aromas and flavors strong with tropical notes and flavors. Bitterness is strong but the malt backing it just doesn't hold up. Very crushable though. Light bodied.

BB June 14th. It pours a really pale/straw gold, not much of a head of foam, some sticky lacing. Smells of grapefruit, pine, tropical fruit, pineapple, more grapefruit citrus, earthy malt. Taste has grapefruit citrus, pine, pineapple, earthy and sweetish malt, less tropical than what I got in the smell. Not very dank but some of the bitterness came across to me as aspirin like. Medium body with kinda light carbonation. Not my favourite hoppy beer from Upslope but good enough for what it is.