Crushable
Reuben's Brews

 

 

Poured from 12oz can into a dimpled mug. No date on this can; I got it in the 2024 Reuben’s advent calendar.

Appearance: medium golden-yellow hue with plenty of haze and a finger of frothy ivory foam.

Smell: a bright citrus rind aroma, with enough sweetness to make it juicy. Pretty good for a 5% pale ale!

Taste: malt is slightly toasty and even a little grainy in quality; hops have the same bright citrusy character from the aroma. I dig it.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a good carbonation and creaminess.

Overall: a really good hazy pale. It’s been added here as a NEIPA, which isn’t quite right — it doesn’t pack the punch of a traditional beer of that style. However, for a 5% pale, it delivers plenty of flavor and is super drinkable to boot.

12oz pkgd 12/27/23 and served in a pint glass. Beer is quite hazy and forms loads of heads (plural) (agitated in the can??). But pale and straw yellow in color otherwise. Aroma and flavor profile scream oldschool American single IPA, but with the bitterness toned down to pale ale levels. Reuben's calls their approachable 26 IBU creation a hazy pale ale, not an IPA. I get flavors of pineapple and grapefruit zest. Very clean on the finish with a resinous smack that leaves me wanting more -- and it's easy to drink more.

 

 

 

Draft at the Handlebar. Hazy golden pour, thin creamy off-white head, lacing. Light citrusy, fruity aroma. Taste is tangerine, juicy with a mild hop backbone. Crushable indeed!

 

another good hoppy one from these guys, simple, maybe citra driven, pale and familiar to me, not radical, but extremely well made, lighter than so many of its peers in terms of both body and hop intensity, so it is indeed a session hazy, worthwhile and fresh, quality has been good with their stuff so far in idaho. yellowish wheaty looking brew, whitewashed cloudy but not dense or full of sediment, average white head on top with visibly high carbonation. the aroma is meyer lemon, tangerine, and a little pineapple, could be a citra mosaic complexion, but i am not sure what they use, either way its a relatively known entity to me, especially when i taste it, slightly creamy feeling which i like, a little juicy melon up front, some lime on the back end, dry though, and with some earthy grain supporting the hops, pale and even a raw wheaty thing, unmalted oats too maybe, a good base for this. the ferment is clean and complete, the mouthfeel is pleasantly lively, and overall this is solid all day hazy beer for warmer weather. these guys are doing just about everything well in my experience so far, really digging having them here!

On-tap in Meridian ID. Hazy pale straw body, minimal head and lacing. Nice fruity hop-forward nose shows grapefruit and citrus character. There is an enjoyable tartness from the grapefruit and lime qualities. Fairly crushable despite the yeasty quality inherent in these hazy brews. Decent.