Cosmic Waves
Silver City Brewery & Taproom

 

Six-pack of cans. Pours a rich gold color with a creamy white head. Smells sweet like tropical fruit. Taste is balanced. Malt flavors up front with sweet citrus on there finish. A nice sweet drinkable IPA.

Poured from a can into a pint glass. Canned on 02/10/2021, so a bit old.

Look: Light orange in color with a big cream-colored head of foam.

Aroma: Mainly earthy hops coming through along with the malt. Age did not help in this category.

Taste: A classic west coast IPA, bitterness comes through up front, but is supported by a toasty, but dry malt backbone. Hop flavors are a bit muted I think due to the age.

Mouthfeel: Medium body and carbonation leads to a very creamy feeling beer which contrasts with the dryness and bitterness of it which I enjoy. A little bit of alcohol warmness is noted.

Overall: A classic west coast IPA, however, hop flavors did not come through as much as I'd like (I think due to age), but still a very enjoyable beer nonetheless.

Poured from 12oz can into a tulip. Canned 1/6/21, so only a couple weeks old.

Appearance: medium golden body with a light haze and two thick fingers of frothy ivory foam. Lookin' darn good!

Smell: earthy, herbal hops, with notes of dank and pine. A very classic west-coast hop profile, I'd say. I like it.

Taste: much like the aroma, very earthy, with a little bit of herbal, grassy complexity. The malt profile is rather dry and toasty; the overall effect is bitter but refreshing. This is the type of formula you don't see too much anymore; again, very classic west coast.

Mouthfeel: medium-light body with a pretty big carbonation and decent creaminess.

Overall: bitter, bracing, and old-school; I like it indeed.

12 oz canned on 10/23/2020. Served in a pint glass, brilliant and golden, crystal clear and topped with a foamy white head. Aroma is a bit of evergreen and not that special. Flavor, however, is excellent, with classic piney hop flavors balanced with resin and more modern pineapple flavors. Sharp carbonation appropriate for a big IPA. Caramel malt provides an adequate backbone for all this booze and bitterness. Very enjoyable.

 

 

 

12oz can poured in to a nonic glass, 02/25/2020.

Look- Hazy darker amber color. Solid off-white head with great retention, decent lacing. moderate carbonation streams visible.

Smell- Pithy citrus (grapefruit, orange and lemon), tropical fruit (pineapple and mango), caramel malt, resinous pine and floral/spicy hop notes.

Taste- Similar to the aroma. Citrus, pineapple, pine, sweet malts with a moderate lingering hoppy bitter finish. Pretty well balanced.

Feel- Medium bodied, pretty crisp. Medium carbonation on the tongue.

O- Pretty much just another solid old school west coast style IPA.