Spiffy
Illumination Brewing / Funk Brewing

 

 

16 ounce can poured into a tulip glass. No canning information, even though they make a huge point of printing, "drink fresh * do not age" on the label three times. Although they do mention batch#120, but I don't work there, so I don't know what that means.

L---Hazy, medium Amber color. Fluffy white head had good retention and left very nice lacing. There are a bunch of floaters (yeast?) settling in on the bottom of the glass. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

S---Not a hop bomb, but hoppy. Muted citrus and some caramel malts.

T---Orange, grapefruit and a solid malt backbone. Alcohol (7.5%) is not noticeable, more juice than anything else.

F---Medium bodied with good carbonation. Sooth & easy drinking.

O---Tasty enough, but nothing special.

 

 

Poured into a narrow pint glass: color is hazy, opaque gold, white head with fine bubbles, head presents 1 finger thick and dissipates to a thin solid top with some spotty lacing.

Smell is citrus pith and rind, leaning grapefruit, light malt sweetness, hint of biscuit and maybe oats.

Taste is citrus forward, grapefruit pith and rind, some pine, earthy, biscuit like malt, hint of oats - flavor leans more IPA with some hazy presence and fullness.

Mouthfeel is moderate carbonation, moderate sweetness, moderate bitterness.

Overall a very good hazy ipa that provides full aroma, flavor, and presence with more traditional ipa hop notes.