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Hailstorm Brewing Co.

Poured into a 13 oz Funk Teku glass canned on 3/25/19. Pours a very hazy dark yellow with a half inch sticky white head that leaves plenty of lace, as it slowly settles. 4.25

Smell is apricot, pineapple, peach, and tangerine. 3.75

Taste follows pineapple, apricot, peach, tangerine, and actually some bitter grapefruit lingers. 3.75

Mouthfeel is big, slightly gritty, gentle carbonation, and at 8% goes down easy enough. 4

Overall earth shattering no, but still very solid, I wonder a month ago what it was like. Solid stuff. 3.75

 

 

 

Thank you bstyle for this
16 oz can, dated 9/26/18, poured into a teku

A- A hazy/murky orange with a two finger white head

S- Citrus zest, some pineapple/tropical fruits, touch of malt sweetness, some earthiness

T- Citrus zest, pineapple, some malt sweetness, earthiness that seems to be more yeast driven than hop driven

M- Smooth, medium body

O- This is the second NEIPA brewed with Kviek yeast and it is an interesting yeast and works pretty well with the hops. The yeast isn’t my favor yeast in a NEIPA, but I do enjoy the unique flavors it brings as long as I’m told that it is brewed with Kviek yeast.

 

 

 

 

Received in a trade with @bstyle. Poured from 16 oz. can into a Spiegelau IPA glass. It pours a murky, muddy tangerine color with a finger of fluffy, bright white head and lots of soapy lacing. It has a fragrant smell of tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, pine needles, and floral hops. The taste opens with significant tangerine and lemon; it's fairly sweet at first. There follows a nice dose of Belma and Vic Secret hops that add significant bitterness without biting too hard. The mouth feel is fairly thick and creamy with pleasant carbonation, and the 8% ABV provides nice substance without distracting. Overall, there is nothing wrong with this NE IPA but nothing really pops either. The can art is great!

 

 

Appearance - pours opaque orange with thick white head and lots of sticky lacing.

Aroma - Little bit of alcohol, some very mild hops, orange and a little bubblegum?

Taste - I was expecting some tropical fruit but really just citra hops, citrus peel, alcohol bite and some grapefruit.

Feel - Medium bodied slightly creamy I think the alcohol makes it seem thinner. Little heat and slightly dry chalky finish.

Overall - Pretty middle of the road IPA nothing really stands out.

Canned 9/26/18; drank 10/12/18 @ the Yarchives.

Opaque dull orange rust.

A violent pour yielded a big off-white head; a thick curtain of tree-rung lace.

Grapefruit, baking soda & faint trash water notes in the nose.

Thick, sticky mouthfeel.

Peanut butter & mild grapefruit flavors up front; dry baking soda notes & mild booze heat notes on the finish.

A true abomination. To call this cloying, sticky, unpleasant beer a "New England IPA" is a lie I won't repeat.

Tasted in a Rastal Teku from a one pint can on October 8, 2018. A New England Double IPA brewed with Belma and Vic Secret hops. I am not huge a fan of this offering.