Acid Green
Finback Brewery - Glendale
- From:
- Finback Brewery - Glendale
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.24 | pDev: 3.77%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 11, 2020
- Added:
- Feb 16, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Mister_Faucher from Washington
4.29/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pint can sent from my homeboy.
Murk bomb brownish/orange color, huge off-white head that recedes slowly to a thin cap, lots of sticky lacing, no carbonation visible.
Aroma, grapes, pineapple and mango, stone fruit, melon, light citrus and grainy malt, a small bit of floral/spicy white pepper hop presence. No pine to speak of.
Guzzle, guzzle. This is delicious. Follows the nose well.
Pillowy soft, creamy, light bitterness. A prototypical NE Hazy that the left coast tries to emulate and doesn't get it quite right. Killer.
Mar 02, 2020Murk bomb brownish/orange color, huge off-white head that recedes slowly to a thin cap, lots of sticky lacing, no carbonation visible.
Aroma, grapes, pineapple and mango, stone fruit, melon, light citrus and grainy malt, a small bit of floral/spicy white pepper hop presence. No pine to speak of.
Guzzle, guzzle. This is delicious. Follows the nose well.
Pillowy soft, creamy, light bitterness. A prototypical NE Hazy that the left coast tries to emulate and doesn't get it quite right. Killer.
Reviewed by mikeinportc from New York
4.52/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.52/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
I see from Finback's Instagram , that this was released 9 days ago, 2/7/20 .
From a growler, filled yesterday, let sit out for 20 min , @ room temp (60F+/-) .
Thick, opaque pinkish--brownish-orange , with moderate off-white head. Thin, but substantial lacing. Looks like some peach puree dropped into pink grapefruit juice.
Smells like peach, kiwi, tangelo, honeydew melon, something fresh (wheat malt?), and a very slight piney/boozy scent. All-in-all,very inviting.
Taste is peach, peach pit, tangerine, watermelon, acerola, overripe pineapple, and fleeting glimpses of persimmon and mango. Light pleasant bitterness that keeps it from being too sweet. Very light pine+stone fruit pit flavor lingers on the tongue after finish. A tiny hint of alcohol comes in with that aftertaste. Not unpleasant to me. Ymmv.
Ed: As it warms, that watermelon+acerola* flavors become kiwi+honeydew , so maybe the reason for the name?
Feel is initially smooth and syrupy , later being tempered with some very very fine carbonation tingle/burn . A barest hint of astringency lingers at the back of the throat.
Overall , a joy to drink. The only nit to pick : very slight alcohol/hop burn. I expect that will fade in time. I wish cans had been available, but this is just fine as-is. :)
* A few years ago , a now-defunct local discount grocery outlet regularly had a "natural" soda made with watermelon & acerola (a Southwestern hawthorne relative). + I have tasted something else with acerola. Those elements in this beer are reminiscent of that soda.
If you've ever had Sumac "lemonade" , acerola tastes like that, but without the tartness.
Feb 16, 2020From a growler, filled yesterday, let sit out for 20 min , @ room temp (60F+/-) .
Thick, opaque pinkish--brownish-orange , with moderate off-white head. Thin, but substantial lacing. Looks like some peach puree dropped into pink grapefruit juice.
Smells like peach, kiwi, tangelo, honeydew melon, something fresh (wheat malt?), and a very slight piney/boozy scent. All-in-all,very inviting.
Taste is peach, peach pit, tangerine, watermelon, acerola, overripe pineapple, and fleeting glimpses of persimmon and mango. Light pleasant bitterness that keeps it from being too sweet. Very light pine+stone fruit pit flavor lingers on the tongue after finish. A tiny hint of alcohol comes in with that aftertaste. Not unpleasant to me. Ymmv.
Ed: As it warms, that watermelon+acerola* flavors become kiwi+honeydew , so maybe the reason for the name?
Feel is initially smooth and syrupy , later being tempered with some very very fine carbonation tingle/burn . A barest hint of astringency lingers at the back of the throat.
Overall , a joy to drink. The only nit to pick : very slight alcohol/hop burn. I expect that will fade in time. I wish cans had been available, but this is just fine as-is. :)
* A few years ago , a now-defunct local discount grocery outlet regularly had a "natural" soda made with watermelon & acerola (a Southwestern hawthorne relative). + I have tasted something else with acerola. Those elements in this beer are reminiscent of that soda.
If you've ever had Sumac "lemonade" , acerola tastes like that, but without the tartness.
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