Arcade Crusher
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company

 

 

Pours a hazy orange with a 1F head and moderate lacing.

Smells of slightly dank grassy hops, citrus and melon.

Tastes of slightly tart grapefruit, orange, pineapple, mango and honeydew melon with a slightly bitter and boozy warm finish.

Medium heavy body with light carbonation. Lush syrupy mouthfeel.

This is a relatively sweet, heavy, juicy, complex and powerful sipper.

This one looks luminous and amazing, though has some unsavory large chunks swimming around the glass. The smell is pleasant but boozy so overall, meh. The flavor and mouthfeel have very little of the booze! Flavor is delightful, bright and juicy. Some booze does come through halfway through the pint.

 

 

a: slightly hazy golden amber color with some pale orange notes towards the center. pours a huge 3 finger head that is frothy and off-white

s: ripe pineapple and mango. lots of caramel sweetness. musty, earthy citrus notes - sweet tangerines and papaya. a big bready note as well. over-ripe oranges and a hint of strawberries also

t: loads of sweetness. ripe: mango, banana, tangerine, clementines, and oranges. big caramel bready sweet backbone. sweet grapefruit and caramel red apples. there is a subtle grapefruit bitterness at the very end. more sticky sweetness at the end

m: heavy mouthfeel with strong carbonation. not as sticky as i'd expect given the abv

o: very sweet beer. it's not bad, but feels a bit one-dimensional in it's sweetness. it reminds of an old school west coast DIPA, which i like. can't taste the abv at all, so it's dangerous

Pours a very hazy & effervescent gold with 2+ fingers cream colored head. Floaties abound in the bottom of the can. Stellar lacing & above average head retenrion. No points deduction for the floaties as I was warned on the can

S: Passion fruit, green melon, oranges, some cattyness as this warms up

T: Grapefruit, passion fruit, guava & a little dryness up front, a touch of pine as well. Some leafy hops come through as this warms, along with pineapple, guava & passionfruit. Finishes with some cattyness, pine & plenty of tropical flavor, plus a little dryness

MF: Fairly thick with restrained carbonation, a little grittiness from the floaties; awesome balance on this. .5 deduction for the feel of the floaties

Almost 90 days old, but holds up nicely. This will be my place holder until I can score a fresher batch. You can feel the heft, but very easy to drink. If this beer is better fresh I sure as Hell want some

[IMG] Poured into a 13 oz Teku glass canned sorry but 1/11/22 it seems like a bit past its prime. Pours a dark hazy orange with some floaties with a 2 finger sticky white head that leaves thin streaks of lace. 4.25

Aroma peach, mango, passionfruit, mandarin, and apricot. 4

Taste follows mango, peach, passionfruit, mandarin, and apricot. 4

Mouthfeel is above average, not sticky or dry, soft carbonation, and at it 10%?goes down rather easy with some noticeable alcohol in the lingering finish. 4.25

Overall it is rock solid, but not as good as I had hoped. Who knows 6 weeks ago it may have gotten I better score. 4

Canned on: 1-11-22 .... Best By: 5-11-22

A - Dark golden orange color with alot of floaties, but otherwise, decent clarity to the beer.

S - Malt aroma is biscuity followed with spicy citrus, apricot, and pineapple.

T - Spicy citrus rind, citrus, spicy pineapple, peppery fruit rind, apricot, and ends with some sticky pine on the back end for some mildly moderate bitterness. Nice lingering spicy fruit rind with some sweet biscuity malt underneath.

M - Thick and somewhat syrupy on the texture, with some lipsmacking sugar residue left on the lips.

O - Really enjoying the spicy character of this beer. (Just wish it wasn't so expensive but nothing is in-expensive these days.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A nice quality offering with tropical notes, a tasty bitterness, and the typical alcohol grain sweetness of a DIPA (or I guess TIPA, but that’s not what it tastes like to me).