HOPSMACK!
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company

16 oz. Can
PKG: 10/23/20
BEST BY: 02/20/21

Poured into a Trillium glass a very nice cloudy pale yellow color, with some very nice carbonation, with a very nice thick/creamy one-finger plus off-white head, which also leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is very nice, hoppy, malty, with a very nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, mango, peach, apricot, nectarine), with a pretty nice little diesel like. The taste is very nice, hoppy, malty, with a very nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, mango, peach, apricot, nectarine), with a pretty nice diesel like. Medium body, ABV is hidden very nicely, with a pretty nice dry/bitter finish. Overall, this is a very tasty brew. Nice to see it around. Orange Julius! Addictive! MilkShake!

Copenhagen 9/10 2019. 47,3 cl can from Mikkeller Web-shop. The can is featuring Hop flowers and leaves floating around on black background.

Pours hazy, golden yellow with a small white head. Bubbly. Settles as thin, patchy layer of foam unable to cover the surface of the beer. Very moderate lacing.

Aroma is intense and of fermented sweet fruit in a state of light decay, citrus fruit and lighter hints of alcohol. Peach and Papaya. Caramel. Grape fruit and Lemon. Dry hoppiness.

Light carbonation. Medium thick, oily, texture.

Flavor is medium sweet followed by a somewhat stronger bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter and slightly boozy. Dry finish.

Fine, intense DIPA with a moderate ABV but a lot of power and flavor.

 

 

 

 

 

Don't care for these tropical-hazy beers. And when I buy a Double IPA it had better be north of 8%! I paid $18.99 for a 4-pack and was extremely disappointed. A very tame stomachache-in-a-can kind of beer. I know the hazy thing is quite popular right now, but if you're going to have a pricetag like that, you better deliver more than 7.8% ABV. I can get Short's Huma Lupa $10 a six pack, clocking in at 7.7% and doesn't claim to be a double--neither does Elysian Space Dust for that matter @ 8.2%.

 

 

Toppling Goliath really doesn't miss. This beer looks great, with a bit of an unfiltered look. Smell is fresh and a bit juicy, much like the middlesection of the body. The finish is a bit dryer than the rest of the beer, which is a good change of pace. Overall, a very good beer I'd drink again.

 

Poured from a 16 oz can. Lots of pineapple scent. Maybe some mango. Minimal lacing. Looks to be full of sediment though and has kicked my sinuses into a frenzy. So I'm surprised this isn't labeled hazy. Just enough malt to make it chewy. But with a nice, dry finish. My sinuses hate it. But it tastes great

 

 

Great DIPA! Will write more after a couple more.