Art Of Dankness
Ritual Brewing Co.

 

Beautiful clear amber pour. The head is mostly white with hints of amber in it. It looks frothy and the bubbles are quite small. When held up to the light, there's a bit of carbonation bubbles rising in the glass. Head retention is quite good, and the head clings to the glass like glue as it dissipates.
Aroma - I get lots of pine on the nose. I also get some wild earthy aromas from the hops.
Flavor is quite complex. I do get some bread and buttery biscuit up front, these flavors turn to hops quickly, though. I get a ton of pine. I get a earthy, woody flavor. I get a sweet flavor that kicks in.
The body is quite thick. Very sticky, resin feeling to this beer - the hops cling to my throat like superglue.
I'm going to be honest - I was afraid to try this beer because I was afraid it was going to be, shall we say, "Herbal" flavored. That is something I do not enjoy. This is not. It is very much an old school west coast IPA, dialed up a bit. Delicious!

Can from @beersnake1 poured into a Spiegelau ipa , another new brewery for me

Clear copper liquid capped by a three finger off white foam mountain, settles to an island of foam , spotty lacings

Aroma is herbal , dank

Taste is dank , herbal , malts

Low sudsing , gentle hoppiness, subtle hop bite, smooth, strong

Good beer

Poured from fridge temp. Pours a nice orange (transparent) with white head. Nose is dank and funky. Wheat, leather, resin, and citrus peel on the nose. A bit of hemp is prevalent. Taste follows the nose. Definitely a LOT of funk. Leather, hemp, resin, grass, wheat, grapefruit peel. This is really good. Mouthfeel is light and dry. Great IPA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serving type: on tap at the brewery

Pours a hazy orange amber color. Smells of dank earth, heavy bread like malts, and wet grass. Taste reflects the smell though not as well. Initial hop bitterness leads into an almost barley wine like bread malt flavor (which isn't bad). Finishes slightly bitter that lingers for a while. Feel is medium fluffy thick, which isn't off putting but is slightly odd. Overall this is a good DIPA (barleywine) that smells better than it tastes.

- 4oz. pour off tap at Back Bay Tavern (Newport Beach, CA) on 20-Jun-15

Tasted this against Stone's Enjoy By 7-4-15 and Noble's Wakatu Showers. This one was my least favorite due to the dominant malt presence, but overall a decent DIPA. The higher abv should be taken into consideration as well.

 

 

22oz bottle poured into a tulip glass

A- pours a deep Amber color with a creamy two-finger off-white head that retains long after the pour, eventually leaving some nice lacing behind

S- fruity up front with aromas of red berries, cantaloupe & a hint of citrus. Brady and sweet malt tends to take over the hop aroma

T- very sweet and malty up front with notes of fresh bread and sugar, u see lying fruity sweetness gives flavors of red berries and fresh grass, more sweet malt on the finish

M- viscous body with low carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel and a creamy finish

O- this drinks more like a barley wine, it's too malt forward for a DIPA and didn't live up to the label on the bottle

 

Poured from a bomber into a 10 oz Ritual goblet. Beer was bottled less than 24 hours ago.

L: Pours a beautifully deep orange/copper with a very minimal off white head, that barely exists and recedes very quickly. I wish it ahd slightly more head, but otherwise very nice looking beer.

S: Wowzers. The experimental hops (just named Eureka hop) are all over this thing, its dank and sticky and smells of rainy grass or mulch with slight tones of citrus, earth finished with malt. Smells fantastic.

T: Just a great DIPA, initially you get the same taste as the aroma, all experimental hops and wet, danky earth. As it washes over your palate you get bitterness from the hops as well as a wonderful malt backbone that leaves your mouth watering for more. If you're not into aggressive beers, you will not like this (you should also go get some big boy pants and drink better beer). Damn this is what I look for in DIPA.

F: Sticky, resinous, leaves a coating on the sides of your mouth and tongue. The carbonation is minimal and it leaves you thinking it could use a touch more, but it makes this beer very drinkable. Not as great as the taste and aroma, but nothing to say negative about.

O: If you don't like this DIPA well than I have to seriously question the kind of beer drinker you are. This is a beer drinkers beer, something that pushes the envelope with new and aggressive hops and different flavor profiles. It's a different kind of DIPA, not just a hop bomb, not too malty. it straddles the line oh so well. As I said previously if you think this beer isn't good, you probably don't drink enough great beer, and you should expand your profile.