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Grimm Artisanal Ales

 

 

11/17/21 can from the brewery in Brooklyn. Pours a hazy golden orange with a finger of rocky white head that dissipates, nice lacing, smell is mango, pineapple, peach, hints of strawberry, lychee, lemon, and fruitcake, dalliances with dank vegetal quality, taste is mango, pineapple, lemon pith, hints of rainwater, bubblegum, and coconut husk, dank peppery weed on the finish that lingers, feel is medium bodied, medium carbonation, just a whiff of hip warming. A fruity dank rabbit hole.

A- Pours from the 16oz can into a tulip glass with a fairly cloudy and hazy pale yellow body. A one finger cap rises on the beer with a creamy and thick consistency. Very good head retention with mostly spotty lacing and a few small sheets.

S- A nice mix of stone fruit, citrus and floral hops in the aroma. Tangerine, apricot, mango, papaya and orange notes. Suggests a balance between bitter and sweet with hints of oat/grains.

T- The soft citrus shines through with some strong floral, herbal and spicy notes and here the tropical and stone fruits fall a bit into the backdrop.

MF- Medium to light overall body with a moderately high level of carbonation. The texture is a bit lacking with a bit of frothy and puffy feels. Ends with a solid citrus oil bitterness.

A good IPA but not necessarily one that will stand out from the crowd of the most dominant style on the market.

[IMG] Poured into a 16 oz Nordic pint glass canned on 11/17/21. Pours an attractive hazy yellow orange with a half finger sticky white head that leaves thin streaks of lace with solid retention. 4.25

Aroma passionfruit, peach, cantaloupe, tangerine, and apricot. 4

Taste follows passionfruit, peach, cantaloupe, tangerine, and apricot. 4

Mouthfeel is a little bigger than average, rather soft carbonation, not sticky or dry, and at 7% it goes down very easy. 4.25

Overall this one is really solid, no wow factor but still a very well made NEIPA. 4

 

 

 

Pours very cloudy bright gold with a 2 finger bright white head with great retention.

The aroma has strong notes of apricot, orange pith, cherry and cinnamon..

The taste is sweet up front with more of the fruit notes but devolves into more of a cinnamon and apricot mix by the finish. The finish is dry, which is where cherry notes are detected.

Mouthfeel is very soft and smooth with a light carbonation and a moderate bitterness that comes out most in the finish.

This is a very different and interesting beer. The cinnamon notes are not my thing but i believe they added it very judiciously and it blends well. Otherwise a solid NEIPA.

 

 

 

 

L-Hazy, cloudy, juicy......similar in appearance to grapefruit juice....head is two fingers, retention is moderate....lacing is thick

S-fruity, mango, pineapple, papaya, orange

T-similar to the nose, lots of juicy tropical fruit.....slight floral and pine from the hops.....well balance, flavors are complimentary

F-less than medium more oily and slick than creamy and soft....carb provides some tingle

O-would buy again....winner