Destination Neon
Grimm Artisanal Ales

Thought I reviewed this a while ago. My third time having this.

Look: Pours an opaque, slightly orange shade of muted, rustic yellow. Generates a handsome, two finger eggshell white head of foam that leaves coarse, stringy strands of lacing down the sides of the glass.

Aroma: Semisweet, dry and a little chalky. Mostly notes of powdered, dehydrated lemon skins and fermented, sour grapefruit must. Some sugary lactic notes of orange creamsicle along with a touch of granola.

Taste: Luxurious notes of soft, honey roasted malted grains upfront mingle with an aftertaste of hoppy, bitter flavors of mango, cereal like notes of fruit loops and tangy orange sorbet. The flavor is sugary yet dense but not sticky or overly saccharine. The initial sweetness provides a pillow and cushion used as a springboard for the following tropical flavors.

Feel: Absolutely killer mouthfeel on this. Low carbonation with a mid-heavy body that works extremely well as a canvas to convey the beers immense flavor. Not getting any alcoholic heat or burn associated with some beers hovering around the 8% mark.

Overall: This is one of those "so good you dont want to drink it too fast" type of double IPAs. Not that it's a session beer or anything, but the flavor is just so good here that it's genuinely just a hard beer to put down. Strays away from any of the modern pitfalls of generic DIPAs like having a raunchy, overbrewed/scalded tea like or wet newspaper flavor.

Can BOTW

 

 

 

 

This is a dark and opaque orange-amber, with some sticky white head. A gentle pour and almost all of a pint can fit inside a clear glass Imperial pint mug. There is a citrusy character to the hop aroma, which dominates. The taste begins with a sharp hoppy bite, but that fades midstream and a sticky sweetness then prevails. The aftertaste again turns bitter, but it's a little too late. Despite some stickiness in the mouth, there's very little glass lacing. There are other DIPAs that do a better job of disguising an 8% ABV. The mouthfeel is soft, as this does have an good body. This one is for those that prefer their DIPAs to bring a juicy quality with them. For those that don't, only a strong presence of Simcoe hops at the beginning and in the aftertaste makes this worth the try. Not bad, but just misses a must try.

Can from the brewer in Brooklyn. Pours a hazy medium orange with a finger of rocky white head, decent lacing, smell is candied orange peel, orange juice, papaya, pear, peach rings, hints of cotton candy and yellow cake, taste is intense orange pith, overripe orange flesh, kiwi, grapefruit peel, herbaceous grassy bitterness, hints of coconut cake, feel is medium bodied, soft carbonation. Fruity and bitter orange soup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a bright orange color. Completely opaque. Thin sudsy white head dissipates steadily leaving no residual head.

Aroma has bright notes of tropical fruit - more generic in nature with some notes of mango and peach. Somewhat subdued.

Taste is predominately fresh pineapple but it also has notes of peach, mango, and grassy bitterness that starts towards the back end and builds from there. Some alcohol heat comes through in this one especially on the back end. Lingering bitterness is also noted on the back end of the palate.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied, Incredibly mild carbonation, to the point of being somewhat under carbonated.

Overall an alright IIPA - I could do without the alcohol heat and would like more carbonation.