Smooth Operator
4 Hands Brewing Co.

 

 

Felt like a half hearted foray into the style. Appearance was way too clear for a NEIPA on the pour. Smell was vanilla, some mango, orange and grapefruit, but even more surprisingly light on the hops, which had floral accents. Taste was vanilla, in both connotations. Just kind of a boring ipa, vanilla, some mango, some hops, but nothing really stands out. Feel though is very nice, creamy and hoppy textures swirling together. Shrug emoji in a beer

 

Support cloudy with an apricot amber color. Small head which leaves spots and streaks.

Lots of homebrew yeast to the smell. Some definitive pineapple as well.

The flavor definitely brings out the vanilla and mango as advertised. Very rich body with ample fine carbonation. The finish is lightly sour and very bitter in a black pepper sense. Long lingering aftertaste. The combination is intriguing -- it works well.

 

 

Milkshake IPA. Tastes like vanilla. Pass.

Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a 22 fl oz bottle on September 9, 2018. A milkshake IPA brewed with mango and vanilla. Nice balance of mango and vanilla. Creamy mouthfeel.

Pours a murky deep orange with a finger of white foam on top. Aroma is orange, lactose, vanilla bean, and biscuit malts. Biscuit malts are doughy, and when combined with the sugary vanilla bean and lactose, comes off unbalanced and soft. Flavor profile is orange, mango, tangerine, lactose, and vanilla bean. Malts are nearly non-existent with only soft whispers of biscuit malts poking through. It tastes sweet, as in sugary sweet. Mouth feel is velvety and combines well with the medium thickness to create a filling, soft feeling. Overall, a dense beer jammed full of sugary notes, and while it does so fairly well, comes off a little unbalanced.

Served in a 12oz snifter from a 22oz bottle.

Copper to dull brown and exceptionally hazy in complexion. Moderate haziness. There's a fingernail of off white on top. The aroma is of very aggressive mango with a touch of vanilla. I'm tasting overwhelming mango, pineapple, and passion fruit and some citrus with a touch of vanilla. The mouth is very smooth and creamy

 

god i hate this song. bomber partially dumped into my stl hop shop glass, hazy deep orange beer sloshes in with a moderate head that has left a curtain of lacing and a nice ring around the top. cool! vanilla has already entered the room, and a whole lot of it. only other thing i can smell is some mango. flavor is just the same, huge vanilla blast over some almost old mango notes, not in a completely bad way just a lil off for my taste. drinks creamy and smooth, really like the feel of this one actually. not a whole lot of bitterness that i'm picking up, like they took what i know of an ipa and tossed it to the side. my first real milkshake ipa and its alright. unlike sade. sade sucks.

 

From a bomber with a retro-80’s arcade logo, this brew has a hazy orange color and a foamy white head. Wonderful hop, fruit, and vanilla aroma. It is like a hop creamsicle with mango embedded within. Wonderfully blended. The taste is balanced, with enough lingering bitterness to keep it interesting. Full in body with a finish that retains the vanilla. Well done.

22oz bottle. Poured out a cloudy, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of foam. It smelled strongly of vanilla, really strong. Some mango notes. Tasted sweet with mango, lots of vanilla and a creamy milkiness. Slight bitterness at the end.