High Expectations
Belching Beaver Pub 980

Hazy, golden color. Nice, white head. Citrus and stone fruits in the aroma. Pleasant, bittersweet taste with fruits upfront. A good one.

 

 

16oz canned in August poured into an IPA nonic

A: Light dusting of haze on a straw-golden body with epic carbonation and fluffy white head;

S: Solid fruity nose with pineapple and melon, bread crust and resin.

T: Leans soft, fruity, and juicy; hoppy, with suggestions of dankness, herbal hops, and a crackery malt backbone.

MF: Light bitterness and mouthfeel.

O: Tasty.

a really fantastic hazy here, done in collaboration with karl strauss, definitely not the kind of thing i know them for, but hey, this really works. sunny yellow orange colored brew, bright in the glass despite the moderate haziness, high white head on top with soft lace and great retention, looks really fresh and alive and pleasant. it smells and tastes awesome, not sure what the hops are, but i get sweet berries and melon in here, uniquely summery, not quite tropical, but very dry hoppy and fruit forward, very little apparent bitterness and no green vegetal character either for how pungent it smells, really well dosed then. the flavor is solid, light strawberry and pineapple to me, a little oily sweetness in the mix, maybe a different side of mosaic here, maybe el dorado, almost definitely a mix of types, even some herbal strata character too, modern and delicious. nice and simple, dry earthy malt base, wheaty and fluffy perhaps, but never heavy, even as this warms, and all the carbonation makes it drink almost dangerously light. i got the single, but i should have gotten the four pack. i have been especially impressed with the hazy stuff from these guys of late, but this is a real high point, loved it!