Fantastic Voyage
Sloop Brewing

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look: Hazy light orange with fluffy white foam head.
Smell: Not easily detectible. Wildflowers and citrus peel.
Taste: There's mango and orange flavor present. Some basic malt, little bitterness.
Feel: Basic feel for an IPA.
Overall: Not much bitter hops in there, but good flavor nonetheless.

A: The beer is very hazy yellow in color. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that left a narrow collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of gooseberries and lime are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and also has some additional hints of mango and stone fruit.
M: It feels medium-bodied and juicy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This New England IPA is nice and juicy on the palate and has nice aromas and flavors of Citra hops.

Serving type: can

 

 

 

Noteworthy observation: the can lists two locations: Hopewell Junction, where Sloop has its main brewery after closing the one in Elizaville, and Hampton, NH - which indicates that they're doing some contract brewing these days. . . .

A: Poured from the can into a tulip glass. Body is orangey-golden with a small whitish head on top.

S: Sweeter tropical fruit - mango, papaya - and citrus (oranges, lemons). Nice nose, albeit not a terribly strong one.

T: Follows the nose, with juicy tropical fruit (melon, mango) and citrus (orange peel, lemon), plus an orchard of fruit (ripe peaches, nectarines and a finish of apricot). Hint of grassy bitterness at the finish, perhaps from the German Amarillo hops identified on the can. But the overall impression is juicy sweetness.

M: Nice feel to it - the can indicates that it's brewed with malted wheat and flaked oats, which will "soften" the feel a bit, so that makes sense.

O: Good stuff.