Stir It Up
Everybody's Brewing

I had this beer on-tap in a tulip at the brewery.

Appearance: medium golden-yellow hue with plenty of haze and a thin layer of ivory foam atop.

Smell: moderately sweet malt with a solid tropical fruit and orange peel aroma. Really nice.

Taste: a pretty strong passionfruit character, along with a bit of that citrus peel from the aroma. There’s plenty of sweetness here, which adds to the “juiciness” factor. I’m into it.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a good carbonation and creaminess.

Overall: a pretty darn solid hazy IPA from the folks in White Salmon.

 

This beer has an exuberant, craggy head akin to mountain peaks. I loved this about it- longstanding irregular peaks with a beautiful whipped egg white color. The beer was murky, deep yellow. Couldn't even see my hand through the tall pint glass. Aroma is bright peach, apricot, mango. The mouthfeel is slick silky and wet. The taste is sweet and soft. Most like mango/fresh apricot. The can promises a bitter balance and I'm not really catching that but totally ok with it. I'd absolutely have another given the opportunity.

Glad I tried this one! It’s one of the better local Hazies that I’ve tasted. A beautiful apricot haze in the glass with some lacing, the carbonation is small but perfect in delivering a creamy mouthfeel. Lots of ripe melon with an interesting spicy kumquat on both nose and taste. There is a gentle bitterness but it’s tempered by the almost smoothie like texture, delicious and recommended

Very hazy gold with four fingers of cream color head. Swathes of lace appear as the level drops.
Smell is Summer fruit salad. Melons and tropical fruit.
Taste is similar to the smell.
Mouthfeel is light to medium with good carbonation. Finish is dry and balanced.
Overall a very tasty easy drinking hazy. Canned on 06-30-20.

Poured from a 16 ounce can into a tulip glass.

Look- Hazy, straw, average head retention and lacing.

Smell- Melon, orange.

Taste- Melon, orange, pineapple.

Feel- Slightly below average carbonation, soft, mild bitterness.

 

awesome hazy ipa here, one of the best in recent memory, and among my favorite beers i had when we visited this rad brewery recently. its really pale, whitewashed looking with just a little soft peachy orange color to it, big head from the tap, creamy and white. its got some cashmere hops in it for sure, im starting to know those really well when i smell or taste them, they always seem to start a little earlier and also climax sooner in the beer, so i pick them up right away. the other hops here have to be southern hemisphere or brand new, as they are incredibly fruity but without citrus notes, ripe melon, ripe peach, fresh mango, just gorgeous in the nose, and it comes through just as pungent in the flavor. tons of honeydew melon, papaya flesh, and green grape, an herbal element is here too, almost weed-like, and there is hardly any bitterness, even as i let it warm up. the body could be a little lighter, i dont taste much grain but its hefty enough to drink a little slower than the flavors call for, even though its also quite dry. i like the wheaty feel, its pillowy and gentle and thats nice with these hops, which are so fresh and forward but not at all abrasive. carbonation is very peppy, and this whole thing drinks almost milkshake style with this big creamy texture and lingering hop fruitiness. delicious beer, among my favorites from our trip here. killer hop complexion!

edit: i liked this slightly less from the can a bunch of years later in summer 2023, looks like the alcohol has dropped slightly to 7% abv. still very good, and still nicely textured, maybe a tad less fresh than at the source years ago, or maybe the rest of the ipa game in these parts has caught up to this a bit, the hop schedule, varietals, or any other secrets that may have been new back then are probably long used by everyone else now, just the nature of being first (along the lines of my argument that if heady topper or pliny came out for the first time today, they would never rise to anywhere near the same prominence, despite being darn good), maybe something similar here why this is doing a little less for me this time. still cool to see a can from these guys out in the wild and i was happy to revisit this one. leaving original scores alone.

 

Four pack of 16oz cans purchased at Total Wine in Lynnwood, Washington.
01 DEC 2019 dating. Poured in to a Samuel Smith pint glass.

Look- Really hazy, light golden amber color, great carbonation visible though, little bits of flaked oats dancing in the glass. Creamy and thick eggshell color head. Loads of lacing.

Smell- Powerful aroma here. Dank melon, peach/nectarine, tropical fruit (pineapple, mango and passion fruit), citrus (sweet Meyer lemon, lime, lemon pith, grapefruit), strawberries. Light coconut, slight grassy/spicy notes.

Taste- Follows the nose exceptionally well. Juicy and tangy, almost like candy, man this is tasty.

Feel- Medium/light bodied, semi-sweet finish. Nice carbonation on the tongue. Smooth and clean, really light bitterness.

O- One of the best NE style IPAs I have experienced from a left coast brewery. This is a delicious brew and worth that extra bit of cash.

16oz can poured into 14oz teku. True to style it poured a full-on murky orange color with just under an inch of off-white head that very good retention and light lacing.

The aroma, as expected, had low-to-no grain/malt aspect, all fruity hops (cashmere, Strata, and Motu, according to the label).

Same on the tongue, but better defined than most examples of the styles I've had. Certainly juicy, but just a tickle of some hop bite on the finish.

The body was the expected thin of the style, with a semi-dry/semi-sweet finish.

Drinkability was good, I wasn't bored by the end of the can, as I am with the vast majority of the Murkbombs.

Overall, a pleasantly interesting brew. Certainly worth a shot.