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Sunshine Daydream Session IPA
Fat Head's Brewery & Saloon
- From:
- Fat Head's Brewery & Saloon
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #886 - ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #10,095 - Avg:
- 4.01 | pDev: 9.23%
- Reviews:
- 117
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Tuesday at 12:20 AM
- Added:
- Jun 08, 2012
- Wants:
- 40
- Gots:
- 188
Award-Winning Session IPA with big hop aromas, flavors of citrus, peach, orange and tropical fruit with a nice light malt backbone. This is a very drinkable session ale. (Our fans call it an obsession.) Peace, Love & Hoppiness!
Hops: Chinook, Centennial, Citra, Mosaic
Malts: Pale, C-15, Cara-Pils
12.5 Plato OG
3.4 Plato FG
Hops: Chinook, Centennial, Citra, Mosaic
Malts: Pale, C-15, Cara-Pils
12.5 Plato OG
3.4 Plato FG
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Rated by PittsburghBeerGuy
4.21/5 rDev +5%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +5%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
This may be the best session IPA I've tried so far. Grassy and sweet, very balanced nose and the flavor keeps you coming back for more!
Tuesday at 12:20 AMReviewed by russpowell from Arkansas
3.89/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours an effervescent gold with a thumb+ of eggshell colored head. Good head retention & lacing
S: Citrus & tropical fruits
T: Tangerine, dryness, a little grapefruit, a little grassyness up front. Grassyness, limes, a little dryness &a little green melon once warm. Finishes dry with citrus, green melon & grassyness
MF: Medium body, fairly firm carbonation, decent balance
Solid Session IPA, not the biggest fan of them
Jul 20, 2023S: Citrus & tropical fruits
T: Tangerine, dryness, a little grapefruit, a little grassyness up front. Grassyness, limes, a little dryness &a little green melon once warm. Finishes dry with citrus, green melon & grassyness
MF: Medium body, fairly firm carbonation, decent balance
Solid Session IPA, not the biggest fan of them
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4.14/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.14/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Lightly sparkling slightly darker gold with a short off-white head that retains okay.
Exhibiting lightly toasted biscuits, pine needles and orange piths, this one's softly round and infinitely crushable.
I had this pre-2015 and gave it a bad review. I hate hops quite a bit less these days than then, so this redo is in an effort to do this beer justice.
Jul 03, 2023Exhibiting lightly toasted biscuits, pine needles and orange piths, this one's softly round and infinitely crushable.
I had this pre-2015 and gave it a bad review. I hate hops quite a bit less these days than then, so this redo is in an effort to do this beer justice.
Reviewed by MikeB_from_Macomb from Michigan
2.95/5 rDev -26.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.95/5 rDev -26.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Huge foamy head, murky/hazy dark amber color. Had an off, metallic smell which I don’t think was just from the can. Flavor not bad, only slightly hoppy, but still tasted flat. I liked that it was lower ABV.
Jul 02, 2023Reviewed by Bouleboubier from New Jersey
4.32/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.32/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
(12 oz can, canned on 04/14/23; purchased cold single at Pinocchio's yesterday... poured into a fat tulip)
L: crystal-clear, orange-amber liquid; two-finger tall glossy foam, tight and lumpy... the head doesn't hold long; little flecks of lace
S: citrus gummies, spicy overtone, lupulin gland concentrate, Airhead taffiness, hint of toasted caramel upon cereal... bit of a vinyl background note as it goes... bright, clear aromas; great expressions
T: acidic grapefruit-lemon zip up the middle, orange zest oils along the sides... flavorful, despite noticeable reduced alcohol... toasty malt in the background giving enough of a foundation to support the relatively intense hopping
F: soft, smooth, slick... subtle spicy heat in the aft; just enough umph (in alc and hop bitter) to avoid a thin, watery feel
O: pretty good low-abv IPA; excellent hop combo and ratios and I suppose conditioning, allowing the concentrated flavors to cut through cleanly (2148)
Jun 12, 2023L: crystal-clear, orange-amber liquid; two-finger tall glossy foam, tight and lumpy... the head doesn't hold long; little flecks of lace
S: citrus gummies, spicy overtone, lupulin gland concentrate, Airhead taffiness, hint of toasted caramel upon cereal... bit of a vinyl background note as it goes... bright, clear aromas; great expressions
T: acidic grapefruit-lemon zip up the middle, orange zest oils along the sides... flavorful, despite noticeable reduced alcohol... toasty malt in the background giving enough of a foundation to support the relatively intense hopping
F: soft, smooth, slick... subtle spicy heat in the aft; just enough umph (in alc and hop bitter) to avoid a thin, watery feel
O: pretty good low-abv IPA; excellent hop combo and ratios and I suppose conditioning, allowing the concentrated flavors to cut through cleanly (2148)
Rated by bubseymour from Maryland
4.38/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.38/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Nice head and retention. Very juicy aroma. For a
May 22, 2023Reviewed by burnstar from Pennsylvania
4.37/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.37/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Great name after the legendary Grateful Dead show. Hazy orangish gold with a big persistent rocky head. Smell is mild fruity hops- somewhat tropical. I'm getting some beery malt in the nose as well- in the nose in the finish. Nice fruit hop profile but with a good bitterness in the finish. Slightly rounded slightly toasted malt in the finish. Excellent for the low abv, one of the best tasting sub 5% abv's I've tasted. Medium to light bodied. Very drinkable.
Jun 24, 2022Reviewed by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota
4.08/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
12oz can canned 5/12/22 into a Spiegelau glass.
L: Pours with gushing bubbles clear gold caramel color w/a lofty 1" eggshell white creamy head, very excellent retention, soapy lacing.
S: Pineapple, guava, orange, a hint of sweet bread.
T: Tropical fruits, lightly resinous, lime zest, sweet caramel, malts, light berries, Fruity with firm bitterness throughout.
F: Very well carbonated, lively, crisp & smooth lite bodied mouthfeel w/a med-length drying finish. It has a light linger.
O: An excellent American Session IPA that is very fruity, bitter and easy drinking. Sweet caramel malts re-enforce the tropical hop flavors. It is excellent in it's style.
Jun 20, 2022L: Pours with gushing bubbles clear gold caramel color w/a lofty 1" eggshell white creamy head, very excellent retention, soapy lacing.
S: Pineapple, guava, orange, a hint of sweet bread.
T: Tropical fruits, lightly resinous, lime zest, sweet caramel, malts, light berries, Fruity with firm bitterness throughout.
F: Very well carbonated, lively, crisp & smooth lite bodied mouthfeel w/a med-length drying finish. It has a light linger.
O: An excellent American Session IPA that is very fruity, bitter and easy drinking. Sweet caramel malts re-enforce the tropical hop flavors. It is excellent in it's style.
Sunshine Daydream Session IPA from Fat Head's Brewery & Saloon
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
815 ratings
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