Oscillation 022
Finback Brewery - Glendale
- From:
- Finback Brewery - Glendale
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 3.98%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 25, 2020
- Added:
- Nov 06, 2020
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by ichorNet from Massachusetts
3.86/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
I have had probably between five and... seven? of the Oscillation beers by Finback, and they've been hit-or-miss, but they seem to tend towards being pretty good for the most part. Obviously, a lot of how good a "rotating hop IPA" series' individual entries are going to be will come down a lot of the time to, well, which hops are rotated in and out, but this one has a cool start with an old standby (Citra) mixing with an unusual newer chameleon (Idaho 7/007), and the sisterly duo of Sabro and HBC 472, both being newer Neomexicanus varietals with distinct coconut and tropical character. Let's get into it!
Pours in a way I like to describe as "Finback." It's a generic but stately-looking NEIPA with zero clarity and a milkshake-like appearance (although no lactose was used here, I'll have you know), topped off with a foamy, thin-ish head of bone-white foam measuring about a finger at its highest point immediately after decanting. Some nice sticky lace and decent legs along with good retention (despite the unimpressive initial formation) make this one appear fairly-nice in my glass. It's nothing special, though, and I'm really just hoping to see what these hops do in the nose and on the palate.
Up front I get a ton of tangerine, apricot, light grassiness, coconut, mango, and fleshy/meaty papaya with a hint of orange underneath. Very fruit-forward but with a hint of dankness in the background. Light stone fruit undertones, probably from Idaho 7, and a bit of a piña colada thing going on as well. Dankness and slight resin pop up if I really get my nose in here, but I'm mostly getting a "tropical citrus smoothie" vibe from it.
A lot more chewy coconut and spicy grassiness on the flavor than I was expecting, but it's actually kind of a cool switch-up from the way the nose presented. It's a good trick (just like spinning...) at first, but even though the initial shock was appealing, I quickly start to roll my eyes at it, which is kinda how Sabro generally comes across to me if it isn't utilized well with other hops. Perhaps the situation here is made even more intense because, well, it turns out HBC 472, Sabro's sister, is just extremely similar to that hop. So, not sure what the point of it is other than to double-down in this recipe, but the flavors feel squashed and compressed to make the coconut the star of the show. I don't get as much complex tropical and citrus flavor from the nose on the tongue, and the translation loss kinda just feels jarring after a bit. Feel is very big, almost too heavy, and the alcohol is a bit obtrusive, to boot. Almost feels like a triple IPA. Not overly convinced by this one, unfortunately.
Nov 06, 2020Pours in a way I like to describe as "Finback." It's a generic but stately-looking NEIPA with zero clarity and a milkshake-like appearance (although no lactose was used here, I'll have you know), topped off with a foamy, thin-ish head of bone-white foam measuring about a finger at its highest point immediately after decanting. Some nice sticky lace and decent legs along with good retention (despite the unimpressive initial formation) make this one appear fairly-nice in my glass. It's nothing special, though, and I'm really just hoping to see what these hops do in the nose and on the palate.
Up front I get a ton of tangerine, apricot, light grassiness, coconut, mango, and fleshy/meaty papaya with a hint of orange underneath. Very fruit-forward but with a hint of dankness in the background. Light stone fruit undertones, probably from Idaho 7, and a bit of a piña colada thing going on as well. Dankness and slight resin pop up if I really get my nose in here, but I'm mostly getting a "tropical citrus smoothie" vibe from it.
A lot more chewy coconut and spicy grassiness on the flavor than I was expecting, but it's actually kind of a cool switch-up from the way the nose presented. It's a good trick (just like spinning...) at first, but even though the initial shock was appealing, I quickly start to roll my eyes at it, which is kinda how Sabro generally comes across to me if it isn't utilized well with other hops. Perhaps the situation here is made even more intense because, well, it turns out HBC 472, Sabro's sister, is just extremely similar to that hop. So, not sure what the point of it is other than to double-down in this recipe, but the flavors feel squashed and compressed to make the coconut the star of the show. I don't get as much complex tropical and citrus flavor from the nose on the tongue, and the translation loss kinda just feels jarring after a bit. Feel is very big, almost too heavy, and the alcohol is a bit obtrusive, to boot. Almost feels like a triple IPA. Not overly convinced by this one, unfortunately.
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