Optical Haze
Smog City Brewing Co.

Optical HazeOptical Haze
Beer Geek Stats
From:
Smog City Brewing Co.
 
California, United States
Style:
Hazy IPA
ABV:
6.7%
Score:
+5 ratings needed
Avg:
3.83 | pDev: 4.44%
Ratings:
5 | reviews: 3
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 16, 2025
Added:
May 02, 2021
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  1
Pure tropical fruit craziness, so juicy and fresh you will swim through swirls and twirls of ornage, pineapple, mango, and watermelon candy aromas.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3.85 by LRS62 from California

Jul 16, 2025
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Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming

3.66/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours a hazy orange, nice head of foam, good lacing and retention.

Smells of oranges, mango, some pineapple, quite tropical.

Taste is somewhat bitter but juicy oranges, mango, pineapple, hoppy but also leans towards sweet.

Good mouthfeel as it coats my tongue.
Overall, good Hazy.

Canned February 25th.
Apr 09, 2025
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Reviewed by BillAfromSoCal from California

4/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Canned 2/13/25. Consumed 2/24/25. Very pale yellow, and very hazy, like a glassful of filtered grapefruit juice. Very nice dense white head almost 2 fingers tall in a modified perfect pint glass. Decent duration on the head. Only a token amount of lacing. Mainly grapefruit+orange+tangerine , plus pineapple. The other flavors advertised (mango and watermelon candy) on the can are maaaaaybe(?) there by power of suggestion. Fairly heavy body. Overall, pretty good ,but not really much unique or experimental in the execution, at least with regard to the flavor profile. These Smog City Experimental Series are always fun to try, though.
Feb 24, 2025
 
Rated: 4.03 by Cathro

Feb 21, 2025
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Reviewed by MattBeer from California

3.62/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
This is another in Smog City's experimental hazy IPA series (Smog Days). Another entry in the series, Snow Donut, is far superior. This is not quite off, but the flavors clash rather than harmonize.
May 02, 2021