Aurora Haze
Castle Danger Brewery

 

Poured from can to pint glass. Surprisingly smooth, inviting orange hue and light citrus smell. Nice hoppy tang and calm finish with only subtle bitterness. Legitimately good IPA

Poured from a can into a shaker pint glass. This was an old can but held up very well. Citrus and tropical fruit flavors with fairly low bitterness. Solid.

 

Poured from 12 oz can into imperial pint glass.
A: Pours a mildly hazy light yellow orange hue with 1 inch frothy white head that quickly settles to a thin skim. Mild lacing left behind on the glass.
S: Orange, mango cream, lime, and a touch of soft malt.
T: Soft orange, herbal grapefruit (a bit odd), creamy mango, and a subtle tart lime note.
M: Light medium body. Soft, slightly creamy and slightly oily feel. Mildly tart and bitter. Citrus and tropical sweetness.
D: Hop elements are decent but don’t quite play together well. Fair for style.

From a 'Four from the Shore's pack, poured into a pint glass. I don't normally like IPA, so here goes...

An apricot color, head thins down to a small ring. Looks beautiful. Taste is citrus, almost apricot like - wow. I think I'll have another...

 

 

 

 

12-oz can into New Belgium globe

A - cloudy body of golden amber beneath a thick finger of white foam

S - tropical fruit and citrus, touch of earth and pine, quite fruity

T - citrus and tropical fruit, earthy with herbal bitterness, tart/dry finish

M - high prickly carbonation, medium body, tart/dry finish

O - an ok IPA

Poured from a can into a glass taster at a sampler fest. I was expecting pine or grapefruit, but this was delicious. I'm not so sure purists would love the NEIPA category, but I thought it was one of the better IPAs I've had. Well done.

At the brewery, served in a snifter, pours a half hazy dull tangerine orange, with decent lacing. Nose has cereal graininess, melon, kind of dark citrus…taste carries this through, though there’s a little more caramel. Body isn’t what I expect from the style…it’s a little watery, mildly bitter or dry in a grapefruit pith kind of way. I find this profile strange for an neipa…I feel like I used to find this often in ipas from about 10 years ago. It’s okay, but not that great for my tastes.

12oz can from a variety 12pk into a shaker pint glass.
L: Pours a medium hazed light apricot gold w a 1" tight rocky eggshell white head w VG retention, low carbo, some thick lacing with rhythmic banding and sheeting.
S: Tropical fruits, citrus zest, a hint of caramelized malts, melon, very very light hint of earth dankness.
T: Essentially tropical fruits, citrus zest & pith, melon rind, a hint of bread, lightly sweet & gently tart in the center. It is not very resinous, just simply zesty.
F: Soft, smooth, semi-juicy, med-light body w a clean middle, a fast lightly drying finish and not much linger.
O: Such an easy & clean drinking hazy with tropical juice tastes and no hop burn. Melon rind and citrus zest are in the finish which gives this beer a moderately bold taste overall. Its lighter body is welcoming. I'd like to try this on tap. It is very good to excellent in its style.

12oz can at Cascade Lodge. Poured out a cloudy, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of bubbly foam. It left sudsy lace on the glass. It smelled of orange, grapefruit, sweet caramel and some resin. Nice tropical fruit taste with toasted caramel and a piney bitterness.

Beautiful looking beer, very stinky (in a good way), and loaded with very pungent hops that coat the taste buds with a strong armpit-like (in a good way) stank. Bonus points for being 6.9% (yessssth)

Aurora Haze pours a darker copper color with a long-lasting and more significant head. The aroma is very earthy. The flavor is also very earthy, with a sweet, dry melon flavor. Good body and feel. Overall, it's a bold IPA, very earthy, with some good melon notes.