First Class Delivery
Almanac Beer Co.
- From:
- Almanac Beer Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.18 | pDev: 2.39%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 31, 2022
- Added:
- Oct 26, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Brewed in honor of our mail carriers who keep the gears of democracy turning rain or shine all year long, First Class Delivery is a super tropical hazy Double India Pale Ale dry-hopped with Nelson Sauvin that's always on time! Flaked oats and malted wheat provide a chewy mouthfeel and a mail truck of Nelson hops deliver huge aromas and notes of mango and gooseberry.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Act25 from New Jersey
4.19/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Added by Act 25. Happily found at Uncorked at United SFO.
a) Perfect pour: golden yellow haze, sprouting lasting and lacing white head.
s) Back from wine country: Grapes, berry, funk.
t) Bigger flavor adds hemp, and sweet core fruit, grapes, over biscuit base.
f) Juicy, no ABV evident.
o) Farm to Table - I taste the grapes and the musk of the winery barn.
May 31, 2022a) Perfect pour: golden yellow haze, sprouting lasting and lacing white head.
s) Back from wine country: Grapes, berry, funk.
t) Bigger flavor adds hemp, and sweet core fruit, grapes, over biscuit base.
f) Juicy, no ABV evident.
o) Farm to Table - I taste the grapes and the musk of the winery barn.
Reviewed by Scotchboy from Idaho
4.25/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Amazing Nelson DDH NEIPA here - canned 10/7 and poured into a pint nonic.
A: Medium-hazed soft pale gold with a fluffy off-white head.
S: Strong Nelson nose; mango, tropical fruit, that distinct and poignant white grape aroma; tangerine...maybe even a hint of that diesel character that some mention?
T: More of the same; white wine; tangerine and mango; papaya; melon, pineapple...moderate prickly bitterness accompanies a soft pillowy oat/wheat/pale malt character.
MF: There is a bit of bitterness, which is nice in a NE IPA that isn't a 100% juice bomb; the malt body is solid, it carries the brew forward and the hops really shine. Medium mouthfeel, soft carbonation.
O: A delicious Nelson brew.
Nov 18, 2020A: Medium-hazed soft pale gold with a fluffy off-white head.
S: Strong Nelson nose; mango, tropical fruit, that distinct and poignant white grape aroma; tangerine...maybe even a hint of that diesel character that some mention?
T: More of the same; white wine; tangerine and mango; papaya; melon, pineapple...moderate prickly bitterness accompanies a soft pillowy oat/wheat/pale malt character.
MF: There is a bit of bitterness, which is nice in a NE IPA that isn't a 100% juice bomb; the malt body is solid, it carries the brew forward and the hops really shine. Medium mouthfeel, soft carbonation.
O: A delicious Nelson brew.
Reviewed by Roguer from Connecticut
4.29/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.29/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Very juicy nose. Papaya, melon, pineapple, and tangerine. Perhaps a hint of white grape.
Smooth and juicy on the palate. Moderate bitterness, mild astringency. Almost more of a throwback NE IPA, not a complete low IBU juice bomb, but just a really nice juicy IIPA.
Nov 14, 2020Smooth and juicy on the palate. Moderate bitterness, mild astringency. Almost more of a throwback NE IPA, not a complete low IBU juice bomb, but just a really nice juicy IIPA.
Reviewed by jakecattleco from California
4.16/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can dated 09/30/20 into an imperial nonic pint.
L: Murky brown bronze with nearly 2 fingers of white medium density head with good retention and left mixed lacing.
S: Nose pops, white grapes, dank, and diesel.
T: Follows nose but with some added citrus and hints of gooseberries. Finishes with moderate bitterness and some acidity, both linger a bit on the palate.
F: Medium bodied with Medium-high carbonation, thick and tingly on the tongue, full on the swallow.
O: Its a very nice Nelson dominant hazy IPA. I'd grab it again,
Oct 26, 2020L: Murky brown bronze with nearly 2 fingers of white medium density head with good retention and left mixed lacing.
S: Nose pops, white grapes, dank, and diesel.
T: Follows nose but with some added citrus and hints of gooseberries. Finishes with moderate bitterness and some acidity, both linger a bit on the palate.
F: Medium bodied with Medium-high carbonation, thick and tingly on the tongue, full on the swallow.
O: Its a very nice Nelson dominant hazy IPA. I'd grab it again,
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