The Love You Feel Is the Love You Hear
Tired Hands Brewing Company

Another big thanks to Arthur. Cheers!

The color of orange on this one is unique. Not quite your cardboard brownish yellow, but more along the lines of a shipping envelope yellow. Either way, something to do with packing. Anyhoo, the off white foam above looks like a root beer float worthy frothy, and plasters the glass accordingly.

Aroma is big on the fruits with everything favoring the citrus realm. A splash of vanilla and some neoprene as well. In the finish, a dollop of that classic pine fights to break through.

Flavor is more plush, if that makes sense. Still very much citrus forward, even reminds me a bit of orange Pixie Stix. Sugary, but not too sweet, with blasts of mango and grapefruit. There's a flash of a uniqueness that's hard to pinpoint. A spice in the vein of nutmeg. Interesting. Once again, that light sappy damp pine follows at the end of the line.

Smooth and creamy texture, sweet with just enough bitterness to keep close to balanced, and a creeping alcohol warmth.

Very unique beer once again from Tired Hands. This is another goodie and actually grew on me with each sip.

 

I really liked the juicy, creamy and refreshing feel of this IPA. It was maybe not an IPA for hopheads, a bit on the mild side, but all the other stuff I liked, fruitiness and an interesting and complex flavor was all there.

Look: dark golden with a big fluffy white head

Aroma: grapefruit, passion fruit, mango, pine.

Taste: There was a lot of tropical fruit, passion fruit, grapefruit, mango, and a modest floral or piney hop bite at the end that lingers.

Body/Overall: medium, creamy, juicy body

 

 

Cloudy dark orange with two fingers of dense, yellowed head. Great retention. Heavy ringed lacing.

Passionfruit and lime jump out first in the nose. Maybe a little pineapple, pine needle and dried apple crisps beneath that.

More of that floral passionfruit up front in the taste, well cut by some clear lime and a peppery, herbal element that’s borderline smokey at times. There’s definite grapefruit in the finish, as well as a hint of alcohol. Never really sweet, but not particularly bitter either. More floral with peppery citrus than anything.

Fairly full bodied. Fairly creamy. Slow-building carbonation that struggles to cut through, creating just enough fizz to prevent it from being still.

This is really well crafted, and novel enough to stand out from many of the NEIPAs on the market from Tired Hands and others these days. Definitely worth picking up.