Goodbye Blue Monday
Begyle Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 10/3/2017. Pours lightly hazy medium orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/tropical/citrus hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, lemon/orange peel, pepper, pine, caramel, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/tropical/citrus hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance; and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, fairly sticky, and slightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.6%. Overall this is an awesome IPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/tropical/citrus hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink; with the mellowly bitter finish. Kind of feels like a NEIPA with the soft bitter finish. Extremely juicy and lightly dank hop complexity; nice bready oats/malt backbone, with adequate lingering bitter dryness. Loved the Galaxy, Citra, Cascade profile as expected. A really enjoyable offering.

 

 

 

Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a 1 pint can on November 17, 2017. Look is amber. Smell and taste is citrus and tropical fruit. Feel is full in body with a smooth finish.

 

Saturated orange, bright clarity.
Compact head of creamy eggshell foam. Minimal lace.
Tropical papaya and mango aroma, lightly catty dank hop. Similar flavors, sticky with light tropical juice sweetness up front, with a clean drying bitterness in the aftertaste. Light feel, creamy moreish feel. Nicely balanced and really good.