Drinky and the Brain
Hitchhiker Brewing Company
- From:
- Hitchhiker Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 9.18%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 17, 2026
- Added:
- Jan 22, 2023
- Wants:
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by JDUBWA412
5/5 rDev +20.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +20.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
tastes amazing on draft
Oct 22, 2023
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.18/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Hitchhiker Brewing Co. "Drinky and the Brain"
16 fl. oz. can coded "06/28/23" and sampled on 08/13/23
$4.25 @ Wegmans, King of Prussia, PA
Notes via stream of consciousness: This is a hazy IPA with Mosaic, Simcoe, Nelson Sauvin, and Idaho 7 at 6% alcohol by volume. It's poured a very hazy light gold body beneath a thumb's width of densely foamy white. The taste delivers a fairly light malt component that has to be 2-row barley as it doesn't taste like Pilsner malt, and probably some oats. As for wheat I'm not sure, I don't clearly taste it, but I wouldn't doubt that it's in there. I clearly get the gooseberry from the Nelson Sauvin which is interesting as that's not a very strong flavor and I didn't think it would be able to compete with the berries from the Mosaic but, honestly, there's really not much of that at all. I'm also getting passionfruit and a little bit of tangerine, mango, apricot, and papaya. On the non-fruit side there's some dusty earthiness and a suggestion of pine. It's sweetish but not sweet, and fairly dry in the finish even with a limited bitterness. I could probably drink at least four of these in a row on a hot day. In the mouth it's medium-light in body but with the impression of a greater fullness because of all the extra proteins. The carbonation is on the lower side and it's quite smooth. I wish there were more hops to it but at the same time I love the lighter-style maltiness and I think that more malt might throw off the beautiful balance and refreshing quality that it has. I also need to remind myself that just because a beer lists a variety of hops, in this case four of them, that doesn't mean that it's going to be super hoppy.
Review #8,709
Aug 13, 202316 fl. oz. can coded "06/28/23" and sampled on 08/13/23
$4.25 @ Wegmans, King of Prussia, PA
Notes via stream of consciousness: This is a hazy IPA with Mosaic, Simcoe, Nelson Sauvin, and Idaho 7 at 6% alcohol by volume. It's poured a very hazy light gold body beneath a thumb's width of densely foamy white. The taste delivers a fairly light malt component that has to be 2-row barley as it doesn't taste like Pilsner malt, and probably some oats. As for wheat I'm not sure, I don't clearly taste it, but I wouldn't doubt that it's in there. I clearly get the gooseberry from the Nelson Sauvin which is interesting as that's not a very strong flavor and I didn't think it would be able to compete with the berries from the Mosaic but, honestly, there's really not much of that at all. I'm also getting passionfruit and a little bit of tangerine, mango, apricot, and papaya. On the non-fruit side there's some dusty earthiness and a suggestion of pine. It's sweetish but not sweet, and fairly dry in the finish even with a limited bitterness. I could probably drink at least four of these in a row on a hot day. In the mouth it's medium-light in body but with the impression of a greater fullness because of all the extra proteins. The carbonation is on the lower side and it's quite smooth. I wish there were more hops to it but at the same time I love the lighter-style maltiness and I think that more malt might throw off the beautiful balance and refreshing quality that it has. I also need to remind myself that just because a beer lists a variety of hops, in this case four of them, that doesn't mean that it's going to be super hoppy.
Review #8,709
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4.29/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Almost fully opaque maize with an off-white foam head of moderate height that bubbles down to a fuzzy collar and central lily pad film fairly quickly.
A lightly pungent and spicy dankness meets sweet nectarine and clementine accented by hints of Sweet Tarts.
The body is light but has a firm supporting carbonation that comes to a tingly and numbing semi-dry finish.
While my high expectations wanted to like this more (well earned expectations, Hitchhiker, as they were, but also BECAUSE NELSON), it's still quite tasty.
Jan 23, 2023A lightly pungent and spicy dankness meets sweet nectarine and clementine accented by hints of Sweet Tarts.
The body is light but has a firm supporting carbonation that comes to a tingly and numbing semi-dry finish.
While my high expectations wanted to like this more (well earned expectations, Hitchhiker, as they were, but also BECAUSE NELSON), it's still quite tasty.
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