Dustoff
Henniker Brewing Co.

 

I am trying this beer off the tapper at the brewery as part of a six sample flight. It poured a clear golden with thin white head that is leaving some lace. The scent had fresh bitter hop notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with semi sweet malt base with bitter orange citrus and pine resin presence. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it is a great beer.

Best before 10/24/22 opened and reviewed on 6/15/22

Look: only a very slight haze inside a rather bright golden color. White foam cap is substantial to start, falls quick with a solid ring and lacy leftovers.

Nose: Green herbs and veggies, soft spice and pepper, golden malted field grains and subtle red berries all come together rather nicely here.

Feel & Flavor: Crisp to start, then rather slick, kinda smooth, with a juicy backdrop. Hearty, grainy and earthy hops and golden malted grains pop out first with a nice balance. Red fruits, slightly tropical and earthy from the hops. Soft pepper and herbal spice kick is always nice.

Overall: a unique IPA, one part old school AIPA the other, NEIPA, with attributes of both. Good balance and pretty easy to drink at 5.8% abv. Thank you to all Dustoff crews.

16 oz can, best by October 20th, 2021, into Ploughshare glass. From my buddy Evan.

Deep gold with slight transparency, 1 finger of creamy head.

Aroma is very familiar, but I can't remember which IPA it smells like. It might be Pseudo Sue, or Lagunita's, or maybe Homestyle. At any rate, it's piney, hoppy, pleasantly green, with citrus notes of lemon, grapefruit peel, and slight tangerine peel with a rich doughy malt behind it.

Flavor is wet evergreen and a little cardboard, but it's pretty nice and clean still. Even when certain IPAs from New England suck, they still don't. It's a great place to brew a hoppy beer. A little bit of lemon peel on the finish with traces of stale bread and bitter grapefruit.

Feel is crisp and tight, mild resins which works perfectly here, and just a nip of acidity and alcohol. Light bodied with a slight nudge towards medium.

Overall, not a stunner really, but an interesting trade extra. If I were ever in New Hampshire I don't think I'd pick it up. It's sessionable though, and crisp, and semi-clean. It has some good attributes. Fair to okay.

Can from the source.
Lightly hazy light gold in color with a decent off white head that persists. Earthy citrus and tropical fruit with bits of sweet bread to counter.