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Finback Brewery - Glendale

 

 

 

 

L - straw yellow, head fades to thin layer

S - dank, extra pungent tropical fruit, a little melon, pancake batter, would've guessed there's mosaic in this but there isn't

T - strong passion fruit and citrus up front, crisp throughout, almost no malt, faint green/herbal/mineral notes on the finish, medium sweetness and low bitterness, although the finish does have a certain hop-powder astringency that I enjoy

F - somewhat light bodied, medium minus carb

O - reminds me a bit of Wrench in that it's a huge fruit bomb (like a DIPA) with relatively low alcohol (like an IPA), but this one has a lighter body and is less sweet... you could fool me into believing this was made by Trillium, for example

 

 

Canning date on the bottom smudged, but at least they tried.

Pours a decent fizzy foamy 1/2 finger head that fades at a med pace, just a touch of lacing, hazy murky mango-yellow-orange color

Nose loads of galaxy, plenty of tropical, pineapple all over, a little mango, mango-orange sherbet, a little green musty fruit, citrus, little creamy base malt, flaked wheat/oat thing,

Taste brings more Galaxy, loads of tropical fruit, pineapple juice, pineapple fruit, a little mango rind, green mango, a bit of citrus, again a green fruit like little musty tropical thing, orange-mango smoothie with creamy malt again, a little flaked wheat/oats thing, turning a little spicy green hop late, quite spicy and fair bitterness late, a little hop dust like chewing on the bottom of the keg, a little sticky finish too, a bit juicy and creamy

Mouth is med bod, a little creamy and juicy, soft, decent fluffy carb

Overall pretty nice, great nose, taste started great then got weird spicy finish like chewing on hop pellets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No dating on the can or pack.

Pours a nearly opaque pale orange in the glass with two fingers of extremely fluffy white head. Nose is bursting with over-ripened tropical fruit, blood orange, pine, grapefruit, a hint of chalkness and a fresh tropical herbaceousness (eucalyptus?). On the taste I also get a bit of papaya, dank earthy notes and a hint of wheat that lingers in to the aftertaste. Extremely soft and pleasant medium mouthfeel with low bitterness and carbonation. The drinkability of this brew is insane, I could see myself drinking multiple cans easily! It's leaving some great lacing on the glass! If I can summarize this IPA, it would be a "Delightfully soft and tropical NEIPA with a hint of west coast influence.".