The Cryo
Everybody's Brewing

Don't remember too much about this beer other than I really enjoyed it. Had at the brewery on a return trip from Coeur d'Alene on a Sunday afternoon. Part of a flight. originally rated 9-1-2019. 80 IBUs

 

L: Golden with a long lasting white head
S: This smells fantastic. Huge tropical fruit on the nose
T: Those hops dominate this brew. Not quite as juicy as some of the other new age IPAs but definitely getting there
F: Got some body to it. A very smooth 6.9% ABV though
O: Definitely a quality brew, but a bit unremarkable. In my opinion it doesn't live up to it's aroma. But a solid beer nonetheless

 

 

On tap at the brewery.

Solid. The aroma is all hops. The flavor is all hops, but not in an overwhelming way. Dank, fruity, just a little bit herbal. Bitterness fades out slowly over the top of very slight malty sweetness. ABV isn't apparent in the feel or taste. It might not do anything new, but it does it well.

The aroma on this brew is very nice, the lacing clings to side of glass. The flavor is solid too, everything seems dialed down a little compared to some of the doubles I’ve been drinking lately, but I appreciate this quality. This brew isn’t palate numbing as some of my other favorite Mosaics. I really appreciate the price. Only negative is that the date was smeared on the bottom of my cans but I’d bet that this sucker is solid when fresh, I’d grab this one if I was meeting friends on the beach

12oz can poured in to a nonic glass. Can is dated 01/30/20

Look- Hazy golden amber color, solid off-white head that slowly recedes to a thin cap, ample lacing. Minor amounts of sediment floating in there. Light carbonation streaming as it sits.

Smell- Nice tropical fruit (pineapple, passion fruit and mango), berries, citrus (tangerine, grapefruit and lemon), a bit of peach and melon, caramel malt, light pine and other herbal/floral notes. Obviously Mosaic.

Taste- Much like the aroma, ripe tropical fruits, berries and citrus, hints of stone fruit and melon, light pine and herbal hop notes.

Feel- Medium bodied, crisp and somewhat sweet at first with a lingering moderately bitter finish, pretty well balanced. Moderate carbonation on the tongue.

O- A really nice IPA, I might be a little biased because mosaic is my favorite hop but it's well worth checking out for the price.

 

 

Got in a BIF from beertunes. 12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 9/11/2019. Pours very hazy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly crisp/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.9%. Overall this is an excellent hazy IPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish; nicely soft andf not overly aggressive. Great Mosaic showcase. Very vibrant, juicy, dank, and earthy hops; with a great clean bready malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with lingering crisp resin dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive style example. Loved the hop profile as expected. No complaints.

 

i swear this was sold as cryo chronic at the brewery, i was a few deep, but thats the name i recall for it. is that this beer? they just dropped the chronic part of the name at some point? or is that a different version of this? from what i can tell, they are both done with cryo mosaic, and have the same abv, so i am assuming the same beer. if i am wrong, some one let me know. this is really tasty stuff, if i have it right, in fact i liked all the hoppy beer in here. the mosaic pops in this, starts earlier and stays later than i am used to it doing in beers like this, which is to say primarily dry hopped. that must be the cryo format, which i have known to amplify other varietals as well. not sure if this is mosaic alone, or if there are other hops in the mix, but it drips with pineapple, spruce, and tangerine. i get tons of hops and very little of the greenness that often comes at this dosage, which is again a major plus of the cryo hops. lots of carbonation, palate coating resins, but a clean swallow and almost crisp ferment and finish, really fresh and tasty. they really have something with this one, and while i liked their stir it up almost just as well here for being interesting, i like this one for being familiar, but better than so many others trying to pull off the same thing, which is get maximum mosaic to my dome! another please!

 

 

A wee bit hazy in a west coast way, dark burnt orange with moderate white foamy head that pulls back quickly to reveal only bits of lacing and a sheet of fizz. Nose is solidly in the tropical camp as I’d say mango and tangerine jump right out. Taste takes a bit different direction as it really pops grapefruit. Finishes out with primarily grapefruit and a terrific gritty bitterness but balanced beautifully by a hint of depth supplying sweetness. Only negative I have for this beer is the mouthfeel which is somewhere in the spectrum of flat and watery but not necessarily thin per se. Just odd for such a deep, flavorful beer. Mostly bitterness left on exit

 

$ 4.79 (Including shipping)/12 oz can ($ 0.399/oz) from Tavour, Seattle, WA. Reviewed 4/15/19.
“013019” on bottom of can. Stored at upside down at 42 degrees and served at 42 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter.
Appearance – 3.5.
Body – Yellow and dirty-hazy.
Head – Large (Maximum 7.2 cm, aggressive center pour), off-white, medium density, average retention, diminishing to an eight mm lacy ring and a thin cap with a few rocks.
Lacing – Poor. A short, broken band of tiny to small bubbles.
First pour – Light yellow, clear.
Aroma – 4 – Dry and citrusy with some pineapple.
Flavor – 3.5 – The pineapple from the nose does not translate into flavor. Weak generic citrus. No alcohol (6.9 % ABV), no dimethylsulfide, no diacetyl.
Palate – 3.5 – Medium, watery with a bit of oiliness, lively carbonation.
Impression and interpretation – 3.5 – Smells good but the aroma fails to translate into flavor. Overall, better than average, but not much.