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Transient Artisan Ales

 

 

 

 

Pineapple, peach, orange.

 

 

 

Pours a beautiful hazy orange color with a dense, white head that tracks down the glass nicely. Dank hop aromas featuring juicy tangerine, pineapple, and a nice lemon note that I didn’t expect.

The lemon is the star on the taste, adding a flavor that you don’t normally find in juice bombs. This is a dangerously crushable DIPA, so proceed with caution.

 

 

16 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours very hazy deep golden amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, red apple, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of huge tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, red apple, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, red apple, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, fairly sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8%. Overall this is a fantastic NEDIPA. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the modestely bitter/resinous/drying finish. Great soft feel and not aggressive. Feels like Citra, El Dorado, and maybe Nelson Sauvin. Very juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a great balanced wheat/oat/malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example as expected of the brewery.

 

 

 

 

A - Pours a hazy golden orange with a one finger creamy white head. Tons of soapy lacing.

S - Aroma is pineapple, tangerine and resinous hops.

T - The taste is tangerine, pineapple, orange peel, lemon and piney hops.

M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a soft dry finish.

O - Another very solid NEIPA from Transient. Nice mix of bright tropical fruits and resinous hops.

Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on March 31, 2019. Brewed with Citra and Meridian hops. Look is hazy. Smell is floral and fruity. Taste is juicy. Feel is medium in body.

Had on tap. Hazy orangish yellow with a thin head. Smell has dank hops for style, with nectarine, orange, pine, grapefruit, pear and lime. Taste is smooth and creamy, but has some chewable hoppiness to it, with all of those juicy fruits plus some lemon. Feel has everything you want in an NEIPA plus great dank hop textures, but the finish has a little booze leak through.