Poor Icarus
Triple Crossing Brewing

 

 

Growler into pint glass. Pours a very hazy gold-amber with a persistent, if somewhat modest, off-white head. Initial impression is pineapple, pine, and grapefruit, with hints of mango, caramel, and earthiness. Mouthfeel is clean, with good carbonation. Finish is surprisingly dry, with a nice bitterness to it. Overall, I'd say it LOOKS like a NEIPA, but it TASTES somewhere between NEIPA and West Coast IPA. Delicious, though.

 

The beer pours a nice white and bubbly head that disappears at a moderate pace while the beer itself is a cloudy yellowish orange color that looks delicious.

The smell is pretty good. It has a nice and creamy mix of pineapple notes and various hop notes that mix very well. It starts with the sweeter pineapple smell that is immediately consumed by the more earthy and grass like hop notes.

The taste is delicious. The notes roughly follow the smell but the different hop notes are more noticeable. The pineapple taste is underneath all of it while the earthy grass hop notes start before moving to a more orange and citrus note before finishing with a grapefruit note.

The feel is good. It has a heavy body that is creamy with good heft to it.

Overall, the beer is delicious and worth getting. The body makes it drinkable while the hop are bitter but not overwhelmingly so, which makes it worthwhile.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A: a very close orange color with a bright white head.

S: candied orange peel, and slightly herbal

T: citrus, orange peel, and pineapple, with a hint of garlic.

M: medium body, with moderate carbonation.

O: overall pretty decent, but some of the herbal notes seem a little out if place.

Canned 7/26/18 (22 days ago)

L - 3-finger dense, yellowed head atop a very dark, murky, almost-opaque orange body.

S - pineapple, grapefruit, herb, oranges.

T - grapefruit flesh and peel. Rather dank. Some pineapple but not as prominent as in the nose. Dirt. A tiny bit of cheesy funk. Medium-low bitterness. No sweetness. Low booziness.

F - medium-full, creamy body with average carb.

O - very well crafted, with a superior body.

On-tap at Triple Crossing Brewing, Richmond, VA

A: The beer is very hazy yellow in color. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that left streaks of bubbles on the surface and a thin ring of bubbles around the edge of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of citrusy hops are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has additional notes of papayas. No bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels medium-bodied and slightly crisp on the pale with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is a little "juicy" and isn't that heavy on the palate. It is easy to drink.

Serving type: on-tap