KUIU Vias
Anchorage Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

 

Revisited July 2nd, 2019

Original ratings: 4.25 3.5 3.5 4.0 3.75 rDev -13.3%

Still has great looks. The smell is richer and fuller with more fruit and citrus. The taste also comes across in a nicer manner, more rounded and fruity while still delivering a punchy hop presence.

This second can, probably from the same batch as my first one reviewed a week ago, just seems a bit more appealing. Maybe the rest from shipping and chilling in a cool garage is a big factor, too. Regardless, a much more impressive session with this go-around.
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Pale and cloudy peach yellow body; billowy head, cream, sticky and white. Strong, earthy aroma; over-ripe fruit; very, very faint sense of citrus. Decent and balance flavor of melon and hop bitterness; grapefruit; biscuit; boozy at the finish. Heavy body; smooth and mildly velvety; creamy; relatively dry overall.

A decent enough double IPA, riding along the haze-craze of beers, but kind of gets lost in the crowd of similar IPAs offered by others.

 

 

2019-06-22
16oz can served in a pint glass. Can is dated 5/23/19. Gift from @mr-jj.

Pours a moderately hazy golden amber with a big fluffy head that collapses into a lumpy pile. Smell is guava/passionfruit/tropical juicy.

Taste is right along the same lines, maybe slightly more pronounced, with just enough bitterness to make it seem crisp.

Mouthfeel is thick and velvety. This is a very nice beer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours as a wonderfully juicy haze. Not quite and haze juicy as some of the other greats out there, but damn close. Smells similarly juicy, with some after notes of dank hops. There is something unique to the taste of this beer I can’t quite put my finger on, perhaps a peppercorn or allspice like note on the tongue, which for me detracts from the overall beer flavor and taste, but it is still a great beer in this NE ipa juice/haze style.