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Pipeworks Brewing Co.

 

Copenhagen 8/1 2026. 47,3 cl can from DrikBeer web-shop. Crude drawing of an infinite Penrose stair on the can.

Pours opaque hazy golden yellow with a mid-sized white head. Stable. Settles as a 0,5 cm thick layer of foam covering the surface of the beer. Moderate lacing.

Aroma is intense with a sweet odor of ripe stone fruit mingling with zesty citrus fruit. Peach and mango. A little perfumed and floral. Grapefruit and lemon.

Light carbonation. Medium thick, oily, soft, smooth and silken, lightly tingling texture.

Flavor is fairly intense wth a medium strong sweetness followed and balanced by a slightly stronger citric bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter with a light sweet undertone. Lingers for a while with a gentle searing. Finish is rather dry.

Well made and zesty.

9/1/25 - (Home) (Chicago, Illinois) Can Notes: Purchased a single 16 oz can at Beer on the Wall at store temperature on 8/23/25 for $4.55 including tax. Canned 8/6/25 @ 10:57 AM. 7.0% ABV Double Dry Hopped Oat India Pale Ale with Amarillo and Citra Hops. Pipeworks Brewing Company. Brewed and canned in Chicago, Illinois.

Appearance: Poured about half the can into a Pipeworks shaker pint glass, yielding a murky white orange juice looking base, generous bright white bubbly and creamy head that lingers for several minutes before leaving significant soapy lacing and a sustained rich creamy cover over the base. 4.25

Aroma: Generous citrus, pineapple and tangerine backing. High strength, digging this. 4.5

Taste: Taste subdued in terms of strength, but consistent in content with the aroma. Citrus, pineapple, tangerine. Fruit basket. 4.0

Mouthfeel: Drinks at, perhaps a bit over ABV with a diesel strength alongside significant hop bitterness subduing the sweet fruit flavors. Enjoying the balance. Sustained slightly prickly carbonation adds to a watery light to mild body composition. Citrus, pineapple and tangerine from start to finish. 3.75

Overall: The aroma was the peak enjoyment for this one. Flavor nice, the diesel kick the one aspect I'd change for a more enjoyable experience. Still a solid NEIPA offering,, and I'm injuring despite my judgmental take on this style. 4.0

 

I really CAN't believe that we are getting CANs from Pipeworks in Chicago here in LanCANster, PA! I guess that nothing should be a surprise any more since we have some of the greatest distro in the CANtry. Our archaic post-Prohibition interpretation of the three-tier system is based on the then-Governor's Blue Laws, leading to the State Store liquor system & the Case Law, which has been relaxed, but still makes us very attractive to distributors. Plus, we tend to be some of the nation's heaviest drinkers, based on sales & CANsumption. The CANQuest rejoices!

From the CAN: "Double Dry Hopped Oat India Pale Ale with Amarillo and Citra Hops"; "Label Art By: Benjamn Marasco".

I Crack!ed open the vent & given it's style, I unleashed a furious C-Line Glug into the awaiting glass. It came roaring up to form two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, tawny head with very good retention. Color was a murky, turbid Yellow-Gold (SRM = 4 - 5). Nose smelled of peaches, pine, oranges and sweet flowers. Mmm. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was quite fruity - peaches, apricots, oranges, some pine mintiness & that recurring floweriness that they are calling "honeysuckle". Mmm. Finish was semi-dry with a lingering cool mintiness. I am not generally a fan of this style, but this one was really well-executed. Go figure that Pipeworks has a handle on things. YMMV.

 

 

$ 5.00 (Including tax)/16 oz can ($ 0.313/oz). Purchased 5/4/20 at Franklin Beer, Franklin, PA. Reviewed 5/14/20
“03/02/20” stamped on bottom lip. In reefer at store. Stored at home at 42 degrees and served at 50 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Straw (SRM 3), murky and opaque.
Body – Straw (SRM 3), opaque. When held to direct light, same with slight translucence.
Head – Large (Maximum five cm, aggressive center pour), white, dense with rocks, average retention, diminishing to a seven to eighteen mm irregular crown and thin rocky complete cap. Small chunks of foam hang on sides above the crown.
Lacing – Good. Wide band of tiny to small bubbles with many small to medium vacuoles. See also above.
Aroma – 4 – Initially strong tropical fruit followed by citrus, no malt, no yeastiness.
Flavor – 3.75 – Begins somewhat fruity with light hop bitterness, no malt, no yeast. No alcohol (7 % ABV as marked on the label) taste or aroma. No diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide. Ends moderately bitter with a long hang time. Some gastric irritation follows.
Palate – 3 – Medium, creamy, lively carbonation.
Final impression and summation 4. The oats, as expected, add a smooth silky creaminess to the mouthfeel. Otherwise, the aroma is promising flavors that didn’t last, but we’re two months past date. Simple Escher label with more than usual information. One and done.

 

 

 

16oz can. Poured out a cloudy, golden orange color with a good-sized, white head of foam. It smelled of tropical fruits, vanilla and toasted caramel. Sweet tropical fruit taste with a sharp bitterness and caramel backbone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had this on tap at Lodi tap house. This had a hazy orange look almost slightly cloudy. The smell had a lot of citrus with grapefruit, orange, and lemon. The taste was a little more dank than I thought it would be based on the aroma. The mouthfeel was nice and creamy.