Hoppiness Is A Warm Pun
Brewmaster Jack

 

 

Dated 01.18.19. Hazed unfiltered gold look. Hop and Fruit aroma mates with taste including a back of the palate IBU bite and feel. The name fits the brew. Have one..........

 

 

 

Poured from 22oz bomber into a tulip. There's a spot for a bottled-on day to be printed, but there's no date there, so I guess we're rollin' the dice here!

Appearance: super-duper hazy, milky body with an orange hue, and a finger of frothy ivory foam atop. Fills the bill for a hazy IPA!

Smell: big fruity aromas; tropical and a bit citrusy, there's plenty of juicy aroma here. There's something aromatic here that reminds me of fresh latex paint -- and somehow, it's not a bad thing. Bodacious.

Taste: the juice is loose! Admittedly, it's hard to determine what fruit the juice is from, but let's go with ... hops? It's kind of grassy, along with a bit of a mango-ey fruity flavor. I really like it.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a good carbonation and a very nice creaminess indeed. For an IPA, it's really wonderful.

Overall: this beer ticks all the boxes for me. Although the flavor is more "miscellaneous hop character" than any particular fruit, it really works exceedingly well for my palate. Outstanding!

This beer has a gorgeous yellow haze to it, its cloudiness as mysterious as it is inviting. It has a delicate flavor that seems to be Massachusetts standard for IPAs: sweet without recalling any specific fruits, though this brand of sweetness might be a bit closer to peach and pear than to pineapple or mango.

 

 

 

 

Pours a very hazy orange yellow with a nice inch plus head that leaves plenty of thick foamy lace on the sides of the glass, with some very solid retention. 4.5

Smell is papaya, tangerine, passionfruit, pineapple, and just a hint of grapefruit. 4.5

Taste follows tropical front to back with papaya, pineapple, tangerine, and passionfruit dominating with a subtle hit of grapefruit in the amazingly balanced finish. 4.5

Mouthfeel is a little bigger than medium, just the right soft carbonation, juicy but slightly sticky from all the fresh hops, and at 8.2% ABV it is dangerously approachable. 4.75

Overall I just really loved this beer, just exactly what you want in a NEDIPA. A friend gave me this and I want more!

 

Very Good DIPA. Somehow the distribution makes it's way to central/northern Vermont. I like it

 

 

 

 

Canned 2/07/18

Hazy,murky apricot-gold, with light, creamy off-white head.

Aroma is fairly muted. What there is a light peach pie filling, that is then overcome by a slightly boozy fruited-brandy aroma.

The taste is inscrutable at first, as with the aroma. There is a fermented mixed fruit juice flavor, at first. (Yeah I know, beer IS fermented. ;) ) If you mixed pineapple juice with tangerine and apricot juice, all just as they start to ferment - THAT is the taste and feel. Not a bad thing. : ) Then a touch of pine,bitterness, and alcohol come along to finish.

The texture is medium lightly creamy/oily with fine carbonation throughout, with a lingering tingle on the tip of the tongue.

Overall while this is difficult to dissect , it's easy to drink. A pleasant experience, & I'm glad I got a 4pk, not just a single. (As I almost did. ; ) )

 

 

 

 

 

22oz bottled from 4/24/17. This boring but strikingly-labeled Brewmaster (hey, it's about what's in the bottle not on it) pours a cloudy opaque orange gold. No floaters or carb bubbles visible, however. A 1 1/2 finger head that's sudsy. Insincere lacing and no alcohol legs when you swirl. This is a good looking glass of beer.

Aroma is citrus, juicy, all hops, no real malt. Bit of pine but only if you insist on looking for it.

And the taste -- malt and hops, and earth, even a bit of oregano (not kidding). Spoiled mango, along with a bitter undercurrent fighting with that sweet alcohol tinge that you get in a lot of "triple" IPAs. That said, this is full-bodied and balanced, it's not too much of anyone thing, although this thing is loaded with hop flavor without being a "hop bomb."

Tropical, this could almost pass for a seasonal summer beer, but with the boozy 8.2% ABV, which is pretty hidden in plain sight, probably makes it sweeter and balances out the hops without being "boozy" or sickly sweet. Well done.

As other reviews note, it's a little different, intense without going off the rails. Brewmaster Jack is one of my favorites, makes solid IPA and DIPAs and this is another great beer.

 

Poured into a tulip, the appearance was a golden copper color with a thin transparency about it. Some carbonation could be seen rising at a decent pace to fill a finger’s worth of quickening foamy head. Messy ring of lace. The aroma had some sweet dried wood, light peaches, some pine needles, and lime. Steady malt base. The flavor copied the aroma pretty much spot on leaning towards the sweet side and sliding into a sly bitterness of the pine. Drying bitter piney to peachy sort of aftertaste. Finish was quick with some subtle piney dry bitterness. The palate was about medium bodied with a steady sipping quality about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate. Overall, decent DIPA that I could go at again.

Pours a opaque brownish orange, with a finger of creamy white head and good retention

Smells of pineapple and tangerine, a bit of malt

Taste is kind of muddled....large malt presence, some fruit, some pine, but not very cohesive

Thick mouthfeel, alcohol is noticeable, moderate carbonation

2017-06-04
22oz bottle served in a tulip. I don't see a date. Given to me by @mr-jj.

Pours hazy dingy amber with a medium head and lots of fine carbonation. Smell is nice, tropical and green, rich, I like it.

Taste is also very pleasing. Same descriptors as the aroma, but with a medium bitter kick to finish it off. Maybe a touch too sweet or lacking a touch of bitterness, but still a very pleasing beer, and probably perfect for some tastes.

Mouthfeel is thick and chewy. Overall, very good beer.

 

 

 

 

 

16 oz can bought in Newburyport, MA - no date found on can

Pours a slightly hazy warm orange gold color with a one finger head at most. Spotty lacing.

Aroma is a thin but fruity lime and orange - unusual.

Taste has a bit of a burn to it up front - expected from a DIPA. Malt is light to moderate with a sweetness to it. Hop flavor is up front with a vaguely fruity tone to it. The lime does stick out. Hard to pick it out through all the burn. A moderate to strong bitterness comes in near the end and lingers.

Feel is not too sticky but with a in your face alcohol burn, maybe a little astringency too. Not ideal in my book.

Overall it's a pretty good DIPA but I'm not a fan of overly strong alcohol flavor so take my score with a grain of salt.

 

Picked up a can of this at Julio's.

A - Poured into my Duvel tulip a nice deep dark golden hue with a one finger white head that faded slowly to leave a nice creamy blanket and very light lacing.

S - Aromas of very bright citrus, orange peel, light grapefruit. Nice tropical pineapple notes as well. The orange juice aspects of the nose are excellent, super fresh and lightly sweet.

T - Taste is unfortunately not nearly as good as the nose. The orange juice is more subdued and the citrus is more of a zest/peel with some lightly generic bitterness. There is something else going on, I can't quite place it but there is an unusual taste. There is some malt sweetness, the flavour profile is on the thinner side. The odd taste...it's not vegetative but something else. Without that this would be a a rather tasty beer.

M - Mouthfeel is on the thin side, alcohol is hidden well but not much in the way of carbonation.

O - Overall this had the potential to be a very, very good DIPA. Great appearance and aroma but the taste and mouthfeel was really lackluster. Very unfortunate.

Serving Type: Can

Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into a tulip glass. The beer is cold and fresh from the fridge. Purchased 2 bottles in the .99 cent bin and the bottled on part of the label is blank so no idea how old this is. It poured a very attractive cloudy orange with a decent head. The head dissipated fairly quickly with residual around the edges. Some lacing is present but nothing great. It smells Interesting enough to want to take a sip. It is a very interesting DIPA. Kinda fruity but not overly so. Kinda bitter but not overly so. It is well balanced with a slight boozy taste that I am having difficulty describing. Good mouthfeel and slightly bitter on the back end. A very good brew.