Juicy Royale
Woodland Empire Ale Craft

16oz can from Brewers Haven. Hazy orange golden pour, patchy head, ring of foam. Aroma is citrus peel, a little bit orange, a little bit grapefruit. Taste is orange and tangerine, orange pith, juicy, zesty. Really tasty.

super hazy and dense, drinks bigger and stronger than its listed here, nothing special but it is tasty, on tap at the new lost grove location, these guys are linked up now i guess. this looks pretty thick, muted looking too, lively with head and carbonation, but slightly dull to me even with that, just a little raw. the nose is cool, obviously heavily dry hopped, some ripe melon, zesty orange, and canned pineapple notes, a little catty, slightly green, but appealing in the aroma and lighter there to me than anywhere else, the grain is subtle in aroma and this appears balanced, but in the flavor the malt is a lot, both in terms of weight and flavor, and its a little overdone to me, almost like its concentrated or something, boiled too long, just too much malt weight in the bill, i dont know, but this isnt an all day pint by any means. the hops are indeed juicy though, canned fruit cocktail now, pear, and generic citrus with a grapefruit lead. this has some hop oils kind of burning on my tongue, again not real refined, and it warms up poorly with hop harshness coming out, even turning slightly yeasty, not gross, but not that far away from that either. i know there have been a ton of changes at woodland beyond just the ownership in recent months, and so no surprise the quality has been all over the map, but i expected a little more from this, too hefty for summer even with its modest abv, sort of just a grainy hoppy soup. to be fair, ive never been less enthused about hazy ipa than i am right now, but this left a lot to be desired either way, and even with a pretty appealing hop profile...

Taster at Twigs, seems to haze a good amount of haze to it; smashes with some hop chaos upfront with grapefruit and tropical fruit pith, creamy and piney and somewhat abrasive before a fast finish...not much to it on the end. Feels like a miss, kind of falls flat and doesn't do anything familiar or remarkable.