Turquoise Tuxedo
Breakside Brewery - SE Taproom

16oz can from Noshies. Dark golden, hazy, thin creamy head. Aroma is pineapple and citrus. Taste adds caramel malts to the zesty, fruity citrus, light dank notes, sweet, milky. Thick, creamy, smooth finishing with a little bitterness.

I was pleasantly surprised by this beer. It is a collaboration between Breakside and Ninkasi, yet this hazy lacks the classic acrid finish that put Ninkasi on the map, something I call the 'Ninkasi bonch', an overly wet-hopped flavor that makes you wonder if a bunch of athletes dipped their balls in the wort after an overly-exerting game. Anyway, this beer lacks that unpleasant Ninkasi after-taste and hits all the hazy notes on point. To be fair, this beer is not reinventing the wheel, but f**ck it''s good. I'll buy it again for sure.

 

Medium cloudy with swirls of foam in the tulip. Smells like old oranges and overripe papaya. Very sweet and sharp on the tongue with adequte carbonation. Flavor of canned pineapple. Tastes like orange hard candy with a dose of bitters.

This is a little different from a lot of other hazy IPAs, with less intense acidity and more sugar. It's the odd hop notes like fruitcake that add a new dimension of peculiarity. I admit I like a clean flavor rather than this intense compote with spoiled fruit notes. hops From the 16 oz can purchased at the Washington beer store. "Canned 01/28/21" on the bottom.

 

 

16 oz single can from Lifesource Natural Grocers in Salem OR.
$3.79
Pours a murky apricot juice body with a large frothy, "webby" head. Head is a cream colour.
Aroma is of sweet tropical fruits and citrus. Peach, apricot, mango. Bit of kiwi even. Fresh orange in the end.
Taste is rather subdued. But interestingly it does have an orange creamsicle thing going on. As mentioned on the label. KInda grows on me.
Mouth feel is where this one stands out from the murkster crowd. Very smooth and silky. Rather full and enjoyable.
OK beer for the style. Loved the mouth feel

16oz can (dated 1/16/21) poured into 14oz teku. Poured the expected turbidly opaque dark orange of the style, With 2/3 inch of white head that had moderate retention a extremely light lacing.

The aroma was the by now anticipated general frooty scent. No grain presence. Same on the tongue.

The body was light-medium, smooth and with a semi-dry finish.

Drinkability was OK, for the style.

Overall, another average murkster.