Gopher It
Baxter Brewing Co.

Many thanks to Knapp85 for this can.

A - Opaque medium orange tan color with dense, uneven foam lacing.

S - Grapefruit, pineapple, and apricot on the nose.

T - Sweet red grapefruit, apricot, some pineapple, small traces of peppery fruit rind, and some slight floral flowery presence. The ABV is completely hidden with no warming whatsoever on the way down.

M - Thick and chewy with a wet finish.

O - Nice citrus residue on the backside.

Scored a 4-pack of this yesterday at The Beer Store (Nashua) for $18. Enjoying some out in The 'Zebo on a sultry Saturday evening...

It's a bright, rich, golden apricot hue, with some hazyness. Minimal carbo and and a creamy but thin white head, with light lacing follow. Nose has citrus and, ummm, citrus! Rindy grapefruit and pineapple abound! Body is medium to medium-plus, and it's quite smooth.

Flavor? Minimal malts and max homepage! All kinds of citrus are to be found: apricot, tangerine, pineapple, mango... mmmm! Has a touch of rindy, resinous action going for it in the finish, which is kinda nice.

Gunga ga-lunga!!

4.25/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

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Poured into a 13 tulip glass canned on 6/22/20. Pours a very cloudy orange with a 2 plus finger sticky white head that leaves thick streaks of lace, excellent retention. 4.5

Smell is ripe melon, mango, papaya, citrus, apricot, and some grapefruit rind. 4

Taste follows honey dew, papaya, mango, mandarin orange, apricot, and some mild grapefruit. 4.25

Mouthfeel is bigger than average, a tad sticky and a touch dry, rather gentle carbonation, and at 8.8% easy going down, but loaded with flavor. 4.25

Overall this is a nice and balanced NETIPA and as a lover of the movie Caddy Shack I am pleased with this brew. 4.25

 

 

Even with a violent pour from the 16 ounce can, the head is never larger than a single finger thick. It does recede very slowly leaving a thin layer of wide streaks. The color is cloudy orange-amber.

Strong, sweet caramel aroma with a definitive whiff of alcohol. This smells very much like a barley wine. The hop is hardly present, but it comes across behind the pineapple, banana and mango nose.

The flavor is phenomenal with a not-too-sweet, not-too-dry start. There's plenty of the aforementioned tropical fruit throughout the tasting. The alcohol, while present, doesn't overwhelm. The beer is rich as one would expect, but the carbonation provides adequate counterbalance. The finish has an unexpected bitter spiciness which creates a moderate length aftertaste. The full-flavored malt and alcohol air are the last things to fade.

Overall, this beer delivers an extraordinary complexity while never getting extreme nor bizarre--one of the best Triple IPAs I've ever had. This is categorized as a New England IPA, but it doesn't fit in that category perfectly. It really is more true to the "Triple IPA" monicker with strong IPA and Barley Wine elements.

 

 

 

From the 16 fl. oz. can dated 06/04/19. Sampled on June 26, 2019.

Opaque, milky looking pale yellow pour with a silky, milk-shaky foamy white head that lingers with little lacing surprisingly.

Outgoing aroma of tropical fruit, herbal notes, and a finely tuned sourdough breadiness. This is brewed with Vermont yeast although I don't pick up anything unique in that category.

Smooth, soft, and better than medium mouthfeel.

Wow! The hops penetrate the taste buds like a fire of pepper and tropical fruit. Some herbal qualities. Hardly sweet. Mostly bitter. Hopheads will love it.

A: Pours a hazy yellow-orange color with 2 fingers of head that fades down to a thin cap that leaves good lacing

S: A good mix of citrus, floral, and dank hops up front along with a light malt presence

T: Follows the nose. Starts off with the citrus and floral hop notes and then picks up some dank notes. Lightly bitter. Malt balances nicely. Finishes with lingering "juice"

M: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation

O: A solid "triple" IPA that is quite easy to drink. Very nicely balanced. Worth a shot