Think Of A Beer You Would Want To Crush At Fire Island
Evil Twin Brewing

I don't see a date on the can.

Appearance: The beer is opaque and a pale milky straw color. The head is large and thick with a creamy web of lacing. Very good retention and lacing.

Aroma: There is a big aroma of mango and pineapple skin, but also hay and a touch of squash.

Taste: Up front there is a lot of peach flavor with just a touch of mango in the middle. Peach carries through to the end.

Mouthfeel: It is a smooth and easy to drink beer with a light body and no bitterness. There is a pillowy character to the beer that is enhanced further by the meringue-textured head.

Overall: This is a clear Pale Ale variation of a New England IPA, or in essence a New England Pale Ale. The aroma is a bit grassy and it has a touch of vegetal character but otherwise the beer is a very easy to drink and tastes very nice. I would recommend it to those who enjoy juicy pale ales and those who enjoy New England IPAs but want something a bit lighter.

 

Evil Twin Brewing "Think Of A Beer You Would Want To Crush At Fire Island"
1 pint can without production codes or freshness dating, contract brewed by Great South Bay Brewing, Bay Shore, NY

Notes via stream of consciousness: Oh boy, we've got a haze bomb here. More than a haze bomb in fact, this is downright murky. It looks like a glass of orange juice with extra pulp and a short head of white on top. The aroma is citrusy, tropical, and lightly sweet. On to the flavor... I don't think anyone will be surprised when I say that it tastes like it smells. I'm getting notes of orange, mango, grapefruit, and mild melon. It's got a firm bitterness that drys it in the finish with some fruit and resin lingering. In the mouth it's medium bodied and crisp then smooth. The head has held well and left some nice lacing about the glass. It's a decent enough hazy APA all around.

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Pours like a NE Style ipa. Cloudy with a very white head. Nose is kind of like a fresh peel of orange, little bitter taste. Taste is a little like a a slush. Good beer.

 

 

 

 

 

Flavorful, effortless, refreshing, crisp and dry. These are the identifiers that usually signify a beer that's highly crushable. But when on Fire Island, the notion of "crush" takes on a whole new meaning. Enamored with the hazy, the juicy and the smooth, Evil Twin brewers put on their seduction skills with a pale ale done the New England way.

Pale golden and iced in a slightly burnish matte finish, a frothy, ivory cap greets the rim just as the aromas draw in the senses with a full fledged fruitiness that hangs on melon, citrus and tropical fruit. Pastry sweetness slathers the tongue with a rich graininess that's resolute in its shortcake, doughy and honey-like impressions.

And as the ale folds in a fruity hop display into the lingering creamy sweetness, the beer's balance strikes an even keel chord. Citrus flavors rise first with a strong orange taste followed by red grapefruit and a pep of lemon. Soon after, the tropical medley of mango, pineapple and papaya add a tangy succulence before the juiciness of cantaloup rounds out the hop tilted taste.

Medium bodied and stubborn in its richly sweet taste and its cream of wheat body, the malt textures trend malty dry with the hops acting as a balancing agent rather than a dominant force. A light gin-like spice comes with the tepid bitterness of green tea, verbena and an overall fresh herbal and grassy greenness that trails into a bittersweet aftertaste.

 

Canned on who knows when.
L: Hazy, like most NEIPA's. A couple of particulates, yet not a yeast bomb haze.
S: Ripe melon, nice mishmash (for me anyway) of tropical fruits. After warming a bit, the hop aromas really shine.
T: Clean. Fresh melon, same mishmash components as the aroma.
F: Just a smidgen below medium.. pillowy smooth. For a PA, has a mild bitterness.. and low carbonation.
O: A very tasty PA. Bonus points for only being 5%. Very well done. ET has another winner... and I'd drink a lot more if it was cheaper.