Dream Layers (Vic Secret + Galaxy + Motueka)
Other Half Brewing - Center Street

 

 

Can thanks to Jay!

L - 2-finger dense yellowish head atop a translucent orange body.

S - pineapple, sweet orange, tangerine. Nice!

T - honey, lactose, vanilla, sweet oranges, a bit of tropical fruit, and some dank. Low bitterness. Moderate sweetness. Low booziness.

F - medium-full body with average carb.

O - decent but not a stand-out.

Pours a cloudy, murky, dirty-peach color with a finger of somewhat-soupy white head. Lovely, thick rings of lacing.

Peach, mango, pineapple, guava, vanilla, hard candy and some peppery herb in the nose.

The taste is a tropical fruit medley that’s sweetness is offset by a mildly bitter undercurrent. There’s a certain pungent element, too, that I’m having a hard time describing, as well as a definite grassy, herbal note. Also some light toast. Then a fairly clean finish.

Medium to heavy bodied with a creamy feel. Decent carbonation.

Fruity and bitter. A pint goes down quickly. Better use of Galaxy than most beers to my taste, but not as much Vic Secret as I was hoping.

 

 

 

16oz can poured into a snifter

A- pours a hazy murky yellow-orange color with a one-finger foamy white head that leaves some lacing behind

S- tropical fruit-forward nose; cantaloupe, green melon, passionfruit, peach skin, orange peel & white grape

T- tropical notes follow the nose with a heavy melon notes, along with mango, passionfruit, peach and orange. The finish gives some white grape and more citrus

M- medium body with moderate carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel that continues into the finish

O- tropical fruit and citrus throughout

 

Can not dated but from 11/18/18 release. Poured into Belgian tulip.
Look is dense bright light orange haze with a tight white head that recedes into a ring around the edge fairly quickly. Nose is a hoppy tinged peach, melon and passionfruit fruit salad, can differentiate the unique motueka character and the passion fruit tropical stuff from the galaxy and Vic secret, not muddled together too much, and in balance nicely. Taste follows with the more tropical stuff in front in the beginning with the motueka character, peach, and melon coming through in the middle and staying through a medium-light bitter semi-dry finish, a bit drier than average for a NEIPA, little bit of lingering peach and melon. Mouthfeel is medium-full with medium carbonation, doesn’t feel overly creamy though. Overall really nice balance of some great Southern Hemisphere hops. I’ve found breweries overdo lactose on these types of IPAs a good amount of the time, but this one is at a really good level it seems like, full-bodied but not overly so. The light bitterness and dryness helps subdue it a bit I think. Either way really nice beer.