Sofa King Sunny
Payette Brewing

 

Look: Flawless. Perfect hazy pale yellow with a high white head that has marvelous retention and leaves superb lacing.
Smell: Inviting citrus with gentle pine.
Taste: Tart citrus with an after note of hops.
Feel: Alright. Medium in the mouth and sharply carbonated.
Overall: An excellent looking beer with a great scent and flavor. Not as bitter as a WC-IPA but nonetheless very good for a hazy. I would definitely recommend this brew.

This wasn't a very memorable beer from the rating I gave it and of course I don't remember it either.

From a 6-pack picked up at the An'D mini mart in Coeur d'Alene, ID
12oz can poured into a Bissell Brothers Three Rivers pint

P hazy pale straw/light gold w/ a 2-3f foamy white head; fairly quick recession; looks nice
N med to med-bold; pleasant milk sugar and tropical notes; banana and pineapple; I dig it
T follows nose, but a bit subdued; tropical notes over crackery malt; although subtle, still reasonably tasty
Mf light-med bodied w/ a med carb level
O not too shabby at all; a great pour and nose followed by decent flavor; a pretty good drinker, overall

Review date: 09.01.23
Can date: 06.18.23; bb 9.25.23

Looks good, smells good, but first sip tasted a bit doughy but surprisingly light. Seems like a light ipa with a heavy ipa look.

 

 

Session, nice to have in the fridge in can form as it’s easily accessible in the treasure valley area and pretty drinkable

 

 

 

I’m not very big on IPAs of any kind, to me they taste like it’s like salt water. But this IPA is very refreshing crisp and not too happy. So if you’re marginal on IPAs this would be a good one to go to.

 

 

 

I really like how this beer looks. It has a slightly murky lemon color. The head was a fluffy, white, cloud like looking. The retention was good, and there's a bit of lacing on thew glass. Also, and this might be hard to explain, but there's like pulp in this beer, at least that's the best way I can describe it. It may be from the yeast, and it's unfiltered. Not sure, but it looks interesting.
The nose has a very light tropical aroma.
Taste, like the nose, light and tropical. I get a bit of lemon, grapefruit, pineapple.
The body is light, as expected for the ABV. Slightly juicy.
Not bad at all, and quite interesting.

Quite mild and soft. Looks like murky lemonade or yellow grapefruit juice. Smells like citrus, grapefruit peel, and vitamin C tablet. Hoppy but not bitter at all. Somewhat thin. Quite smooth and silky, easy to drink. Medium bodied. Not bad

On tap in Nampa ID; served in a pint nonic.

A: Sunset-blonde haze, beautiful color, almost milky in its cloudiness. Faint, wispy white head and lacing.

S: For 5% the clear, strong citrus/orange/mango/tangerine aromas are impressive. Faint underlying crackery malt bill is supportive.

T: Sweet-er citrus and OJ, refreshing; hints of mango and pink grapefruit and malt.

MF: Creamy body, light and smooth and flavorful and drinkable.

O: I likes this one a lot for a pale ale; quality brewing and a nice hop profile for my palate.

Looks pretty, nice haze. Fairly yellow-blonde. Smell is decent, taste is refreshing and citrusy, but not overbearing. Feels pretty... mellow. I dig it though.

(Will update review as I finish the sixer, look for that around the early hours of July 5th)

after having really enjoyed a couple of these recent sofa king beers, this one let me down a bit. its got almost no head from the tap, looks a washed out thin yellow color, and has a green bitey aroma and finish, an almost over saturated hop complexion that to me is closer to a flaw than a reasonable style choice, if they are banking on this one to make their summer, they should think again. there are some things to like about it though. for one, its nice and light, a soft wheaty type body with some unmalted rawness about it which gives it grain flavor without any sweetness, i like that in a mostly dry hopped beer. its also got better carbonation than it looks like it should without the head, this is plenty fizzy and active when i drink it. i even think the hop profile has potential, hard to single out any specific variety here, but there is an oily citrus thing leaning lemon, and an obvious freshness. it just seems like the hops are over dosed or poorly timed or both, this comes on with some harshness later on, and finishes with a green vegetal bitterness that really doesnt belong here at all. that lingers too, and i taste this longer than i want to. the beer is fresh though and full of character, it just tastes a little sloppy for a brewery this size and this well established, like this should be a lot more refined than it is. a lackluster hazy despite the potential, and the least impressive beer i can recall from this series...

edit: i liked this a lot ice cold and poolside this weekend, its a solid take on the style for hot weather drinking, and its mighty sessionable and tasty when fresh. better than i initially gave it credit for, and probably better from the can than it was from the tap, none of the harshness now, more refined than i remember too, but context here was everything. raising a few scores accordingly, even though there is some sediment in the bottom of these cans...