Morph 3/3/16
Night Shift Brewing
- From:
- Night Shift Brewing
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.3%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.13 | pDev: 4.84%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 26, 2016
- Added:
- Mar 08, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 7
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Blend of Motueka, Idaho 7, and Chinook hops for an IPA bursting with bright notes of citrus and pineapple.
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Reviewed by moysauce from Illinois
4.12/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hard to knock anything about this beer. Not a super standout beer or anything, but definitely a solid batch in the series. Kind of soft and subdued in all aspects, but still good stuff!
Apr 19, 2016
Reviewed by NolaHopHead from Louisiana
4.18/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
16 oz can. Pours cloudy yellow, three finger white head lasts, tons of sticky lace. Mild citrusy aroma. Balanced taste with light malt sweetness and lemony citrusy hops with grassy herbal notes. Thin to medium soft mouthfeel.
Apr 16, 2016
Reviewed by EMH73 from New York
4.41/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.41/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a cloudy golden color with a one inch head that dissipates fairly quickly an leaves very nice lacing. Smells like tropical fruits (especially pineapple), lemon and grapefruit with a hint of pine. Tastes absolutely great and follows the smell, finishes with a little bitterness. Creamy and light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Great beer and hope to get my hands on more in the future.
Apr 03, 2016
Reviewed by Beric from Massachusetts
4.22/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.22/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Serving: 16oz can into snifter
Served: 1 April 2016
Appearance: Pours a hazy golden yellow with a one finger head that diminishes quite quickly to a slight covering of bubbles. Carbonation is hard to see due to the haze, but there's evidence of it up on the top. The beer is definitely very unfiltered, which is fine, but it doesn't look like an orange juice, which is refreshing.
Smell: Holy smokes, this has to have one of the best noses I've smelled in a long time. Considering there is no fruit in this beer, the immense tropical fruitiness really speaks strongly to the freshness and power of the hops. Huge passionfruit, guava, and mango notes, a pinch of pomelo and grapefruit, and a slight herbal dank note to round it all out. An absolutely fantastic nose. I could smell this thing all day.
Taste: Very good flavor, but not as mind-blowing as the nose. Again, notable presence of tropical hop flavors and a good balance on a somewhat crackery malt, which I enjoyed. The hop resins feel like they coat your entire palate, demanding sips to keep up the good flavors. Very drinkable.
Mouthfeel: Medium body and medium-high carbonation. The influence from the suspended yeast/hop proteins don't bog down the mouthfeel but definitely add body.
Overall: A fantastic brew, and one that's got me hooked on the morph series. Can't wait to try upcoming ones. Highly recommended.
Apr 02, 2016Served: 1 April 2016
Appearance: Pours a hazy golden yellow with a one finger head that diminishes quite quickly to a slight covering of bubbles. Carbonation is hard to see due to the haze, but there's evidence of it up on the top. The beer is definitely very unfiltered, which is fine, but it doesn't look like an orange juice, which is refreshing.
Smell: Holy smokes, this has to have one of the best noses I've smelled in a long time. Considering there is no fruit in this beer, the immense tropical fruitiness really speaks strongly to the freshness and power of the hops. Huge passionfruit, guava, and mango notes, a pinch of pomelo and grapefruit, and a slight herbal dank note to round it all out. An absolutely fantastic nose. I could smell this thing all day.
Taste: Very good flavor, but not as mind-blowing as the nose. Again, notable presence of tropical hop flavors and a good balance on a somewhat crackery malt, which I enjoyed. The hop resins feel like they coat your entire palate, demanding sips to keep up the good flavors. Very drinkable.
Mouthfeel: Medium body and medium-high carbonation. The influence from the suspended yeast/hop proteins don't bog down the mouthfeel but definitely add body.
Overall: A fantastic brew, and one that's got me hooked on the morph series. Can't wait to try upcoming ones. Highly recommended.
Reviewed by TheElectricOne from Rhode Island
4.02/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a pounder into tulip glass:
Appearance: bright, hazy orange with a thin white head. Slowly dissipates over four or five minutes, and leaves tons of lacing with it as you drink.
Aroma: lot of lemon in this rendition of Morph, as well as some pineapple flesh. Smells Mosaic-y.
Taste: pineapple, once again, along with some grapefruit skin. I get that pithy, bitterness that comes with tropical fruit, though not so much the flesh of the fruit itself. It's got no booze present at all, and no malt either. All hops, as is the M.O of Morph. This one is very good.
Feel: creamy and medium-bodied, with a moderate amount of carbonation. Sticky-icky on the palate.
Overall: really liked this beer, and haven't really been let down by a Morph yet. I'll keep buying till one disappoints.
Mar 18, 2016Appearance: bright, hazy orange with a thin white head. Slowly dissipates over four or five minutes, and leaves tons of lacing with it as you drink.
Aroma: lot of lemon in this rendition of Morph, as well as some pineapple flesh. Smells Mosaic-y.
Taste: pineapple, once again, along with some grapefruit skin. I get that pithy, bitterness that comes with tropical fruit, though not so much the flesh of the fruit itself. It's got no booze present at all, and no malt either. All hops, as is the M.O of Morph. This one is very good.
Feel: creamy and medium-bodied, with a moderate amount of carbonation. Sticky-icky on the palate.
Overall: really liked this beer, and haven't really been let down by a Morph yet. I'll keep buying till one disappoints.
Reviewed by garyloveman from Massachusetts
3.98/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Second best Morph, only to the 2/16 batch.
Pours a cloudy golden hue. Smells like pineapple and lemons.
Taste is strong on the pineapple side, with a little grass and an earthy bitter finish.
Carbonation was too much on this one, I think it's drawing away from my review. Lighter carb would go better in the flavors of this one.
Still an awesome beer, and I love that they continue to mix up the hops.
Mar 17, 2016Pours a cloudy golden hue. Smells like pineapple and lemons.
Taste is strong on the pineapple side, with a little grass and an earthy bitter finish.
Carbonation was too much on this one, I think it's drawing away from my review. Lighter carb would go better in the flavors of this one.
Still an awesome beer, and I love that they continue to mix up the hops.
Reviewed by StoutElk_92 from Massachusetts
4.48/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.48/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
16 oz. can
Pours a turbid pale gold with a creamy white foam head. Smells like tropical citrus, big guava and passionfruit, slight mango, pineapple, big grapefruit, with fresh pine and dank earthy grass. Tastes like passionfruit, guava, slight mango and pineapple, big grapefruit, with fresh pine and dank earthy grass. Feels light-medium bodied, creamy with low carbonation. Overall a nice, slightly bitter and tart tropical citrusy IPA.
Mar 12, 2016Pours a turbid pale gold with a creamy white foam head. Smells like tropical citrus, big guava and passionfruit, slight mango, pineapple, big grapefruit, with fresh pine and dank earthy grass. Tastes like passionfruit, guava, slight mango and pineapple, big grapefruit, with fresh pine and dank earthy grass. Feels light-medium bodied, creamy with low carbonation. Overall a nice, slightly bitter and tart tropical citrusy IPA.
Reviewed by jsalvitti3 from Connecticut
3.74/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Drank from the can on 3/12/16. All the flavors described are there, (mostly citrus rind, then pine, then a touch of pineapple) but this is a rather dry brew and not really juicy. The smell is very good but not "Julius" Good. This beer might be to carbonated which for me takes away from the mouth feel. This is Definitely a solid beer, not my favorite.
Mar 12, 2016
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