Salem
Helltown Brewing

Pours a milky light green with a white head.

Smells of bitter herb and sour citrus with some raw nut notes.

Taste is prickly pear and cactus with a highly carbonated mouthfeel.

Pours a cloudy pale yellow with a small head but nice persistent lacing. Smell is orange with a little tropical fruit. Taste has some juicy hops- mango, but also some dank pine and a nice bitterness balancing things out. A different hop profile but good. Medium bodied. Wet. Solid overall.

Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a hazy yellow color with a 1 inch head. Smell is full of tropical fruits. Taste is grapefruit, pineapple, passion fruit, juicy. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall is a good quality beer.

 

 

My least fav in the Buffy - Rapture - Salem Variety Pack, little too old school IPA taste for me,

12 ounce can poured into a snulip glass.

L---Murky, muted golden color. Fluffy white head with very good retention and very good lacing.

S---Tropical fruits. Pineapple & mango are dominant. Some citrus in the background.

T---Closely follows the nose, but much stronger. Pineapple, mango & citrus.

F---Coating mouthfeel. Juicy & wet.

O---A very good NEIPA. Juicy & fruity.

Poured into grip shaped goblet: color is hazy straw gold, fairly dense looking, head is off white and presents 1/2 inch thick and then dissipates to a ring.

Smell is is bright citrus, grapefruit pith, lighter pineapple and tropical notes, light malt and oats.

Taste follows with citrus forward flavors, strongth pith, light tropicals, sharp bitterness, light oats and hint of malt.

Mouthfeel is moderate carbonation, low/moderate sweetness, fairly sharp bitterness.

Overall a more citrus forward NE ipa but not so juicy, more pithy with lighter tropicals; fairly bitter with lower sweetness.

Cloudy opaque yellow-orange with a thick and resilient foamy head. Strong orange citrus aroma, with grapefruit and pine underneath, maybe a touch of orange rind. Creamy mouth feel that holds onto a full flavored blast of sweet citrus and strong bittering piney hops that balance out a little on the bitter side, but pleasantly so. Grapefruit does come out, the bitterness resembles citrus rind that lingers pleasantly as well. This one packs a bunch of flavor and does the category and style proudly. Really good

Nicely done! Immediate tropic notes in the nose and followed on the tongue. Very smooth finish.