Lovin' The Dream
Heist Brewery

 

Pours a clear golden color with a nice head and lacing
Aroma has pine and citrus hints
The taste follows the nose with a pine and citrus flavor
A medium bodied well carbonated beer
A good IPA

Clear, golden appearance with foamy white head. Fresh piney, earthy hops. Bitter, but not fruity. Good body and carbonation.

 

 

 

Lovin’ the Dream from Heist Brewery. Received from @nc41 in BIF 12. Received 10/8/20. Reviewed 10/18/20.
Undated 16 oz can. Stored at home at 42 degrees and served at 45 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 57.3 degrees.
Appearance – 4.25.
First pour – Pale straw (SRM 2), slight chill haze.
Body – Pale straw (SRM 2), translucent. When held to direct light, same.
Head – Large (Maximum six cm, aggressive center pour), white, high density and meringue-like, average retention, diminishing to a five mm tight crown with a thin undulating upper margin and a thick large island and islands of foam remaining on the glass. Second pour produces a tight 1.5 cm head.
Lacing – Good. Narrow bands of tiny bubbles with a few stalactites and connected by short columns. See also above.
Aroma – 3.75 – Weak pine and flowers. No malt, no yeast.
Flavor – 4.25 – Begins perfumy but quickly becomes slightly dank and slightly bitter. Simcoe leads, pushing the centennial and cascade out of the way. No malt, no yeast. No alcohol (5.9 % ABV, as marked on container) taste or aroma. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Mildly dank and bitter for a long aftertaste.
Palate – 4 – Medium, watery, soft but lively carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3.75 (Minus 0.25 point for undated can) A matter of semantics, but the brewer calls it a “West coast style pale ale” rather than an IPA and I tend to agree – other than the presence of the simcoe hops providing a dankness, this isn’t much bitterer than some lagers and certainly doesn’t have much of an ABV.

 

 

Can from Sprayberry Bottle Shop March 2020

Excellent mellow West Coast style pale! Tons of lemon zest hop bitterness smoothed by a light biscuity / crackery finish; slightly lingering resin on the pallet vanishes crisply; such a great change of pace from heavy haze craze without reverting to overly bitter NW style. This has some Pliney like qualities. Very well done Heist!

A: Pours a clear medium golden yellow in color with moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising quickly from the bottom of the glass and a moderate amount of amber + honey + burnt orange colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense foamy very light beige head that slowly reduces to a medium sized patch of medium thick film covering a little less than 50% of the surface of the beer surrounded by a large patch of very thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Significant amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of pine/resin + citrus/grapefruit + citrus/grapefruit pith + floral hops over the top of light to moderate aromas of biscuit + toasted + caramel malts with a light amount of caramel sweetness.

T: Upfront there are light to moderate flavors of biscuit + toasted + caramel malts with a light amount of caramel sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of pine/resin + citrus/grapefruit + citrus/grapefruit pith + floral hops which impart a light to moderate amount of lingering bitterness.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Crisp upfront with a hint of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a really crisp + refreshing mouthfeel. Enjoyable with a slightly less aggressive bitterness than a lot of other West Coast IPAs but still present bitterness and very traditional hop flavors + aromas.