Patterns Single IPA
Anchorage Brewing Company

 

 

Ample white head on this golden hazy brew, nice look. Pineapple peach tropical and sweet, the nose is great here. This is the least bitter, almost sweet leaning, even tempered brew I’ve had from Anchorage. Almost a juice bomb. Medium thin body with decent carbonation. Easily the best I’ve had from them.

 

A: The beer is rather hazy yellow in color. It poured with a quarter finger high bright white head that left a thin collar around the edge and some lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of mango and pineapple are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has lots of flavors of tropical fruits. No bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels medium-bodied and very juicy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This IPA is bursting with aromas and flavors of tropical fruits. It is very pleasant to drink.

Serving type: can

 

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 12/20/2019. Pours very hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light biscuit/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light biscuit/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming 6.5%, or lingering hop burn after the finish. Overall this is an awesome NEIPA. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/resinous/drying finish;; great soft feel. Awesome Mosaic showcase. Very vibrant, juicy, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a nice wheat/oat/malt backbone. Mild residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive style example. Loved the hop profile as expected.

16 oz can from Tavour. Hazy, pale golden pour, soft foamy head. Aroma presents a nose full of citrus with trailing tropical notes. Taste brings the juice, full, velvety, smooth, fruity and a light tingle. Super tasty!

 

 

16 oz can

Pours hazy golden, pillowy off-white head retains as a sudsy lacing.

Aroma of fresh citrus and tropical fruits, bread malts, and zesty hops.

Flavor is of bread malts, citrus and tropical fruit, floral and herbal notes, and zest and earthy hops.

Medium body, tingly carbonation on the tongue.

Pretty decent NEIPA. The aroma is great. The flavor is pretty good and it drinks fine. Worth trying.

 

 

 

 

2018-02-08
16oz can served in a pint glass. The Masonry 12/08/17 printed on the bottom. This one is labeled "Double IPA" at 8.4% but this listing appears to be for a single at 6.5%. Not sure if I'm in the right spot.

Pours a nice super hazy whitish amber with a big head that settles slowly. Smell is fruity, toasty, nice.

Taste is nice -- tropical but not too juicy. More floral and light -- but still has a heavy hop finish. This is a very nice beer.

Mouthfeel is is medium (and for the first time the word 'slurry' came to mind). Overall, I like this beer.