FLeXin on 5&20
Other Half Brewing - Center Street

 

 

 

Deep orange pour with a little bit of a brownish tinge. Not a big head or that much lacing.

Smell is big with sweet, sticky pineapple. Along with some other juicy tropical fruit scent.

Tart tropical fruit flavors on the taste too. It's big and boozy. The booze definitely shines through on this one and gives it a sweetness that is a little overpowering. Not much bitter/dank flavors in this one but just the sticky tropical fruit.

Nice feel, not too thick and heavy really, but also not a ton of carbonation.

If you like your NE IPAs sweet, tropical and boozy then you'll love this one. It's good but I prefer a little bit more dank and bitter flavors mixed in. Plus the booziness makes it a little sweet for me.

 

 

Warm, golden orange, that's basically opaque, with a clean white head. Aroma is fairly minimal, but there's something tropical and sweet there in the distance. Flavor is syrupy and smooth, sweet up front and boozy on the back end. Body is rich and heavy, but quite drinkable for the ABV. A well-done 10%-er.

Pours a murky orange/golden color. 3 finger white, frothy head. The retention is quite good. Some lacing on the glass.
The nose is quite full of hops, as expected. Lots of pine in the aroma. Some citrus.
Taste - it has an interesting flavor, and, boy, I'm having a tough time to describe it. I'm getting none of the pine I smelled on the nose. I do get a lot of mango. There's more I'm getting, but, boy, I just can't put it into words.
The body is good. The hops are really clinging to my throat.
This beer is really doing it for me. I can't fully describe it, but I do like it.

 

 

 

 

On tap at Swan Dive in Rochester, NY.

This one pours a very hazy golden yellow color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells like boozy and heavy pineapple, candy, booze, pine, and weed.

I don't really like triple IPAs, and this doesn't do a ton to change my mind. It's a bit sticky, weedy, and boozy, as is to be expected. It feels a bit green, and the juicy pineapple just kind of feels too sweet.

This is hard to get through, really - as most triple iPAs tend to be. It's syrupy and boozy, with a limited level of drinkability.

I want to like this, but I just don't. It was a chore.

 

Canned 10/11/19, it pours cloudy gold color with a 2 finger thick foamy eggshell colored head that was packed with bubbles of all sizes, fading slowly and leaving good spotty lacing. Smells of orange peel, tangerine, faint grapefruit, pineapple, biscuit, floral notes like dry hops and peppery spices, hibiscus, lemon zest and tropical fruit. A nice balanced nose that’s complex and full of hoppy aspects.

There’s no way from the flavor and feel that you’d suspect that this was 10% ABV, it’s hidden masterfully. The taste has everything in the nose listed above plus papaya, rose pedals, hints of brown sugar or caramel, apricot, iced tea, tart green apple or a pear that’s browning, and fruity candy. Nice balance as the malty backbone tames the hop attack and bitterness. Overall this is a really tasty offering.