Hazy State
Collective Arts Brewing

 

 

 

Pours lots of foam. Keeps it's foam head strong for the whole drink and has good amount of lacing. Hazy cream yellow color. Good amount of yeast or whatever is is floating around in the beer, which i usually like. Smells of spring. Floral and citrous notes. The taste is a little on the unique side. Not bitter, but hoppy. They are not shy on including hops here that gives it a floral taste. Amarillo, Mosaic and even Centennial hops stand out for me more than the Citra hops, thus the more floral flavored beer. Don't really notice the orange peel or grapefruit taste Citra is known for. I'm getting lavender and even a elder flower taste to it. This beer is fine. Maybe a little bit too floral for me but I still enjoyed it all the same and like to branch out of my comfort zone sometimes.

At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, from my favourite LCBO at The Roundhouse Centre in nearby Windsor. My first beer from the Hamilton brewery.

 

Excellent. brnchmark of the style

 

 

 

Hazy yellow. foamy (doesn't last long).
Citrus, grapefruit, watery, bitter.

 

L: Opaque hazy pale tan yellow
S: Really good bright citrus fruity smell
T: Moderate strength but not boring citrus forward happiness with a light crackery malt
F: Strange flat dry fluffy mouth feel that was not very refreshing or thirst quenching
O: Great smell and good flavour but I didn't really like the feel

Pours a slightly off-yellow, whitish, hazy colour. Half finger of foam appears and disappears quite quickly.

Typical aromas of a NEIPA on the nose, mainly of tropical fruits (mango and pineapple) floral and grassy hops (grassy, straw, pine) and a decent amount of citrus (lime and grapefruit).

Taste departs somewhat from the nose in that the tropical fruits do not carry over, citrus instead dominates here. Lime and orange peel and zest play backing instruments to grapefruit, in which you get a strong zesty, pithy character. Pine and mint close out the flavour profile and last a decent amount of time on the finish. Very mild bread and wheaty flavours in the background.

Medium carbonation, foams on the sip but creates a balanced mouthfeel that is more crisp than foamy or creamy. Very low bitterness, there is a long minty finish. I suppose you could say it’s juicy on the finish but significantly more dry than others in this style. Light bodied.

Overall? It’s a session IPA, which I suppose means they wanted a balanced and restrained flavour profile and ABV%. It’s a nice, easy drinking NEIPA, but there are other light bodied NEIPAs you could easily drink just as much of. I’m not particular on ‘session’ beers, so I may be a harsher critic. There was nothing particularly bad or off about this at all. Indeed, I love grapefruit flavours. But there also want anything particularly exciting that would make me want to drink this again. CA usually puts out very excellent stuff, so I genuinely believe the flavour profile was a deliberate choice on their part to make a crisp, fast, easy drinking beer in the NEIPA style.

 

 

 

 

Really surprised by this one. Very flavorful for a low ABV beer. Nice citrus taste with a decent body and a clean finish. I will revisit again soon.