The Great Experiment Volume 10: Family
Barrier Brewing Company

Copenhagen 6/8 2020. 47,3 cl can from Best of Beers web shop. Drawing of a crowd on the can including some wearing strange Shark outfits (including a dog). One big family.

Pours hazy golden yellow with a big, bubbly white head. Settles as thin, patchy layer of foam unable to cover the surface of the beer. No lacing.

Aroma is medium intense with a sweet odor of exotic fruit mingling with gentle citrus fruit. Pineapple and peach. Lime and citrus.

Light carbonation. Slightly thick, soft, smooth, lightly tingling texture.

Flavor is medium intense with a medium strong sweetness followed by a medium bitterness. Aftertaste is citric and bitter. Lingers for a while. Semi-dry finish.

Family friendly and fairly gentle India Pale Ale. Well balanced and pleasant.

I received this beer a few months back; it is a little dated. I used a pint glass to serve the beer. Temp of the beer is about 46 degrees at the time of review. The pour of the beer formed a two-fingered bright white frothy and creamy head. Excellent head retention, slowly dissipating, leaving lacing on the glass. The color is SRM 4, pale straw yellow with light golden hues. This beer is hazy. The appearance of the beer is excellent for this style of beer.
The initial aromas of the beer are oranges, mangos, pineapple, and toasted malts. Next, I smell biscuit, bread, herbal, a hint of floral esters, and lemons. Lastly, I detect cut grass and a musty basement.


I taste guava, floral esters, biscuit, toasted bread crust, toasted malts, herbal, floral esters, lemons, oranges, pine needles, pineapple, and dank in the beer.

The mouthfeel of the beer is creamy, slightly astringent, and a subtle spiciness.

The body of the beer is medium, medium-plus carbonation, and full finish.

Overall, a solid NEIPA beer with bright citrus flavors. I get a spicy hop on the backend of the beer. This age is detectable on the beer but not in an annoying way. Glad I got to try it.

 

I got a 16 oz. can through Tavour and poured it into a chilled pint glass.
The head, even when carefully poured, is awe inspiring. Half the glass was a rich, meringue like head.
The taste is right up my alley. Not too sour, complex and fruity, lots of hops but not too hoppy. It's well balanced and very drinkable, with the 7.4 ABV well worked into the fabric of the beer.
Put this IPA on my must buy list.

 

 

 

Poured from 16oz tall can into my BeerAdvocate teku. Canned 5/13/20.

Appearance: medium yellow hue with lots of haze and an absolutely huge cap of pillowy ivory foam. 3 fingers -- taller than the beer in the glass. So I'm hoping for some texture here!

Smell: hops are very floral in nature; maybe a little lilac in there. Kind of like classic pink, purple and white gumdrops. There's a nice malt underneath, and although I like the aroma well enough, there's nothing crazy special about it.

Taste: the flavor is a lot more interesting. It reminds me of a highly-hopped tripel or Belgian saison, almost. The floral hops really work well here in conjunction with the rich, complex yet light maltiness. I really like it.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a good carbonation and creaminess. Not quite the craziness I expected based on the head, but nice.

Overall: this beer may have been made with the intention of getting a NEIPA, but what they have made is one of the best hybrid hoppy tripel-saisons I've ever had. So, sometimes you really miss the mark and accidentally make something great -- and that's what's happened here.