Collective Project: IPA No. 13
Collective Arts Brewing

 

 

Oh yeah. Love this brewery and this IPA series has been consistently good. This is another fine addition to the line.

Good sized head and good lacing. Pale hazy soft honey gold. Nose is gently sweet with pronounced fruity hops. Mellow, not harsh. Pineapple to taste up front followed by orange/grapefruit citrus. Enjoyably fruity, no aggressive edge, good use of hops. Enough of a malt backbone to add so.e sweetness. A great quaff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appearance - Pours a hazy apricot with two fingers of bubbly white head.

Smell - bold citrus and tropical hops, pineapple, apricot, citrus and orange peel, mango, papaya, hint of grapefruit peel, bready malts, and earthy yeast.

Taste - bold citrus and tropical hops upfront. The pineapple, apricot, citrus and orange peel, mango, papaya, and hint of grapefruit peel follow suit. The bready malts and earthy yeast round out the brew.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes sticky with the hops and fruits pleasantly lingering.

Overall - A pungent and bold edition of this series. The bold hops and fruits is what makes this beer dangerously drinkable considering the ABV.

Can: Poured a cloudy/hazy bright yellow color ale with a large white head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of huge tropical undertones with some juicy floral undertones is pretty enticing. Taste is a great mix of juicy hoppy notes with some mango and tropical notes with some floral undertones and light residual sugar notes. Body is full with limited filtration and good carbonation. Super enjoyable NEIPA with a great mix of tropila and mango notes.

16 ounce can packaged July 6/20 so 6 weeks old. From Keg n Cork in Edmonton.
Pours a bright hazy golden with finger creamy white head that dissipates promptly.
Aroma fruity - pineapple, strawberry, as warmed a little sweaty and a touch of earthy hop.
Taste initially notes of pineapple, berry, grainy cereal malt, then an earthy slightly dank hop bitterness that becomes slightly acrid and a touch palate fatiguing for me - a bit too much typical hazy for me.
Medium body with moderate carbonation that fades as warms - lingering earthy hop bitterness. Alcohol well hidden.
Good enough but not terribly different from your average hazy. Worth a can to try, but not sure a 4 pack.

Light, semi-cloudy, golden body; nice head that leaves sheets of foam clinging to the glass. Notes of fresh tropical fruit in the nose; berries. Exquisite combination of mild fruity esters, mild light malt base, and a gentle presence of hop bitterness; cracker and biscuit. Medium body; velvety; gentle sweetness.

A rather amazing IPA, balanced and flavorful. The surprise to me is the relatively fresh fruit smell. So many IPAs (to me) smell of old, stale citrus. This one goes against the grain, and in a fine manner. A nice collaborative effort that comes across in the most positive way across the sensory perspective.

 

Poured from the can into a Spiegelau IPA glass.

Muted body appearance of a dull lemon yellow, quite opaque and nearly flirting with a turbid look. Head creation is rich big and grand. An easy thick rich four finger height of bright white edge and lacing. Thin pill like cling to the glass, and a big bubbly mound of staying power as the beer settles. Solid IPA in looks department.

Interesting hop aroma. Very powder like sense of hop flavor on the nose, almost litteraly like crushed pellets. Earth, must, sweet chalk and melon character which is kind of vibrant. With the powder though comes a dryness that is also fleeting and becomes tiring on the senses. Very solid, but with minor faults if you could even call them that.

The palate at least opens up considerably. First sip hints of juice, but then the malt dry and powder character takes over the hop flavors. Juice turns to a flour like dust of earth and tropical sweetness that tastes pretty good, but also manages to dry things out a bit, and slightly take away the enjoyment. Considerably drying aftertaste, but with a good airy almost neutral hop aromatic finish.

Decent IPA, with some unique character, but doesn't quite bring the amazement of really great IPAs.

A: The beer is rather hazy yellow in color. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that left lots of lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Light aromas of honeydew melon, lime, and strawberry are present in the nose.
T: The taste has light to moderate flavors of honeydew melon and strawberry with hints of lime.
M: It feels medium-bodied and a little juicy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The smell and taste of this beer seem to be a little more delicate than what I would normally expect from an Imperial IPA, but it does a very good job at masking any traces of alcohol from the taste.

Serving type: can

Good head production, decent retention, nice lacing. Body is only slightly hazy; you can't quite ready through it, but it's easily translucent.

Hop tones are noticeable from feet away after the pour. Up close, it's moderately dank, along with juicier tones of pineapple, mango, passion fruit, strawberry, guava, and orange.

Similar translation to the profile, with more pungent dankness (building to a pretty strong level), and more representation of the malt base right up front. Fruity tones include guava and mango, alongside lemon, candied orange, and strawberry. It's remarkably fruity for a beer with no added fruit.

Nice medium body, quite soft with a touch of liveliness. Right about what you would expect for 8.1% ABV.