No Worries
Belching Beaver Pub 980

RB transfer

 

Copenhagen 30/8 2022, 47,3 cl can from Meny, Vermlandsgade, Kbh. S. A Beaver floating in a rubber swim ring while being circled by sharks. No worries indeed.

Pours unclear yellow with big white head. Stable. Settles as a uneven, lumpy layer of foam unable of covering the surface of the beer. Substantial lacing.

Aroma is fairly intense with sweet odor of tropical fruits mingling with bit of fermented decay and citric notes. Mango and turpentine. Grapefruit and lemon.

Low carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, soft, almost flat texture.

Flavor is intense with a medium strong sweetness followed by stronger, citric bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter. Lingers for a while. Finish is dry.

A fine specimen with a light fermented touch and a dry bitterness.

Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours golden yellow orange with a fluffy white head. Smells of citrus and floral hops. Tastes of floral and citrus hops. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good beer.

Pours with little lacing or head. Smell is a bit tropical and a bit bitter-hops with some malt backbone. Mouthfeel is average. Nothing great and nothing bad here.

 

SF Bodega. Midpack west coast clear yellow bodied IPA.
S) Too faint. but some honey, flowers, citrus.
T) More powerful, again the honey, flowers, citrus, grape and some lemon pound cake.
F) Not clean enough, too teeth clingy and sweet.
O) Mid pack.

 

 

Canned 6/06/23. poured into a tall tulip 9/11/23. Beautiful beer although more like a NewEngland than a WCIPA. Lemon yellow with tall fluffy white very long lasting head. Lots o’ lacing. Not much bitterness/ lots of citrus on nose and taste. Medium body. I know I over- rated this for a WC IPA but this is THE WCIPA for hazy lovers.

 

 

Pours a fairly clear golden straw with a white fluffy head that settles to a thin cap with a fair bit of lacing. First pine, then mango and some orange. Taste follows nose. Medium bodied. Satisfying.

 

 

 

With all the confusion over sweeter IPA, fruitier IPA, heavier IPA, drier IPA, more bitter, west coast, midwest, New England... its enough to generate a lot of confusion at the beer aisle. But Belching Beaver says 'no worries' as they get back to basics with a tried and true West Coast balance with some new hop upgrades.

Laced with Strata, Galaxy, Mosaic, Citra, and Amarillo hops, No Worries, the beer, leads with a pale golden hue and a tall fluffy cap. With the newer and fruitier scents sharing as much tropical, stone fruit and orchard scents as it does citrus, the nose is perfumy and appetizing with the first pass of the nose. As the flavors roll onto the tongue, its malt influence carries light honey, light caramel and a soft suggestion of toasted angel food cake.

As the flavors unfold on the middle palate, the leading flavors of orange, grapefruit and lemon guide through newer flavors of pineapple, mango, apricot, passionfruit, papaya, peach, grape and berry in a full fruit medley that's complex, flavorful but somewhat dizzying in its robust hop blend. Trending bitter with spruce, tea, peppery resins and fruit peels, the beer finishes bitter and also soft.

Medium bodied, crisp and mostly clean, the beer finishes with a balance that's more bitter than fruity but not without a brighter and sharper fruit zest character that chases into a long and smoothly bitter aftertaste.

 

WHOOP! WHOOP! This is a great West Coast IPA. Color is amber, head is very bright white. Nose is piney, taste is piney and bitter follow through. I like this a lot!

From a 16oz can:

Appearance: Clear yellow-good, good head.

Smell: Danky, then moderate citrus.

Taste: Moderate grapefruit bitterness up front, continuing through the middle along with some sweetness. Moderate bitterness in the finish. A little more coating and syrupy in the feel than I like in WCIPAs.

Overall: Another from the mixed 4 pack, it's a pretty decent IPA, old school in taste with the danky modern smell. The feel detracts a little but not bad.