Hazy IPA - Galaxy
Ardent Craft Ales
- From:
- Ardent Craft Ales
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 7.8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.01 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Dec 13, 2018
- Added:
- Dec 13, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Hazy IPA is back! Our freshest batch was double dry-hopped with Galaxy hops, which produce a big citrus aroma and delicious tropical fruit flavor. Hazy IPA pours a bright golden color with low bitterness and soft mouthfeel.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
4.01/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
4.01/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
On tap:
Pours with a lightly dense packing of cloudiness. To-the-tip pour didn’t give me a feel for head volume, but the white smattering across the surface reminds me of TV static, with a thin white border. Moderate lacing.
The nose is heavy on peach and passion fruit, with a pineapple/cantaloupe rind bitterness undercutting it. Nice strength that reminds me of cutting open a hop pouch on brew day.
The taste is a bit more grating than the fruity nose, with a slightly whole grainy (wheat seems possible) malt base. A wooden bitterness hints at oats to me, as well. The hops provide a bitterness than doesn’t fully blend. A sour orange note (orange + passion fruit) that has a hint of pineapple rises from the grain pool. A more herbal leaning towards pine wood hop note comes late.
I loved the nose on this, and my first sips showed potential to be a winner. The thinner feel with a somewhat biting carbonation got me a little, as did the more apparent grainy opening aspects. It only dropped this from a huge winner to a quite enjoyable beer, but I would’ve loved a big win.
Dec 13, 2018Pours with a lightly dense packing of cloudiness. To-the-tip pour didn’t give me a feel for head volume, but the white smattering across the surface reminds me of TV static, with a thin white border. Moderate lacing.
The nose is heavy on peach and passion fruit, with a pineapple/cantaloupe rind bitterness undercutting it. Nice strength that reminds me of cutting open a hop pouch on brew day.
The taste is a bit more grating than the fruity nose, with a slightly whole grainy (wheat seems possible) malt base. A wooden bitterness hints at oats to me, as well. The hops provide a bitterness than doesn’t fully blend. A sour orange note (orange + passion fruit) that has a hint of pineapple rises from the grain pool. A more herbal leaning towards pine wood hop note comes late.
I loved the nose on this, and my first sips showed potential to be a winner. The thinner feel with a somewhat biting carbonation got me a little, as did the more apparent grainy opening aspects. It only dropped this from a huge winner to a quite enjoyable beer, but I would’ve loved a big win.
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