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Stranger Clouds
Heist Brewery
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- From:
- Heist Brewery
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- New England IPA
Ranked #396 - ABV:
- 8.6%
- Score:
- 94
Ranked #2,333 - Avg:
- 4.36 | pDev: 4.13%
- Reviews:
- 5
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 14, 2021
- Added:
- Dec 16, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
94
Outstanding
94
Outstanding
Notes:
The Imperial version of Strange Clouds, brewed with El Dorado, Mosaic and Rakau hops. Stranger amount of haze, with stone fruit, and dank tropical flavors and aromas.
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Reviewed by metter98 from New York
4.35/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A: The beer is very hazy to cloudy yellow in color and has some brownish hues. It poured with a half finger high off white head that hardly died down and left lots of lacy rings of bubbles down teh sides of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of pineapple are present in the nose along with notes of mango and peach.
T: The taste follows the smell and has additional notes of stone fruit and hints of pine towards the finish. No bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels medium-bodied and juicy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This New England-style IPA is packed with lots of aromas and flavors of tropical fruit hops.
Serving type: can
Aug 22, 2021S: Moderate aromas of pineapple are present in the nose along with notes of mango and peach.
T: The taste follows the smell and has additional notes of stone fruit and hints of pine towards the finish. No bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels medium-bodied and juicy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This New England-style IPA is packed with lots of aromas and flavors of tropical fruit hops.
Serving type: can
Reviewed by j60_40 from North Carolina
4.25/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
In line with heist haze coming just under 8%. A bit juicier than the others and a little more full. A great beer to have on draft in my garage. One of their best haze.
Jan 09, 2021
Reviewed by pubscout from New Jersey
4.6/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.6/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Stranger Clouds is a 8.6% DIPA that will satisfy most haze/hop heads. Lots of tropical fruit— papaya mango pineapple in the nose and on the palate. Chewy, juicy mouthfeel, with a sweetish finish. But be forewarned. This is a very dangerously drinkable beer, that will set you on your ass very quickly. NEIPA lovers will revel in it, even though they, like I, can’t figure out where that sweetish finish comes from. Nonetheless, while I’d recommend this beer for an enjoyable experience, a session beer , it’s not. Even the missus loved it!
May 26, 2019
Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina
4.04/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Look: It pours cloudy dark yellow with a white head. Head retention is very good.
Smell: It has a citrus and resinous aroma to start off with. There is some grapefruit and floral elements in support. It has a very light, grainy background.
Taste: The flavors are highlight by citrus and a bit of tropical notes up front. It has a bit of sweetness throughout the taste presentation. It has grainy sweetness in the background.
Feel: It has a medium full body that is creamy in texture. The bitterness is moderately high, but smooth.
Overall, a beer with more aroma elements that taste elements. The taste combinations work with a slight edge to the finish.
Jan 01, 2019Smell: It has a citrus and resinous aroma to start off with. There is some grapefruit and floral elements in support. It has a very light, grainy background.
Taste: The flavors are highlight by citrus and a bit of tropical notes up front. It has a bit of sweetness throughout the taste presentation. It has grainy sweetness in the background.
Feel: It has a medium full body that is creamy in texture. The bitterness is moderately high, but smooth.
Overall, a beer with more aroma elements that taste elements. The taste combinations work with a slight edge to the finish.
Reviewed by Dragginballs76 from South Carolina
4.42/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Appearance - Pours opaque orange with a nice fluffy white head and lots of spotty lacing. Tons of lacing.
Aroma - Lots of ripe pineapple, mango, stone fruit, mild earthy hops and grapefruit.
Taste - No bitterness at all, ripe mango, pineapple, papaya, grapefruit.
Feel - Medium bodied soft nice dry finish.
Overall - Well done no sign of the alcohol great tropical fruit.
Dec 28, 2018Aroma - Lots of ripe pineapple, mango, stone fruit, mild earthy hops and grapefruit.
Taste - No bitterness at all, ripe mango, pineapple, papaya, grapefruit.
Feel - Medium bodied soft nice dry finish.
Overall - Well done no sign of the alcohol great tropical fruit.
Stranger Clouds from Heist Brewery
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
26 ratings
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