Hawaiian Crunk
Riverbend Brewing Company

 

 

 

Poured from 16oz can into a tulip. Canned 6/26/19.

Appearance: orange hue with a thoroughly hazy turbidity. Head is a finger of frothy ivory foam. It's a nice-looking beer!

Smell: brightly tropical aroma with big notes of guava and citrus. This is done with added fruit, not just hops, but boy howdy is it great.

Taste: advertised as passionfruit, orange, guava, and jiminy christmas, it sure fits that bill. This is extremely as-advertised. Is it even a beer at this point? Is it some kind of shandy or radler with this much fruit? Who knows, but I really like it.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a good level of carbonation and creaminess. Great!

Overall: what even is this stuff? It's style-defying, and very tasty.

 

Appearance: Pours cloudy and honey colored with a massive head; excellent retention and clumps of lace

Smell: The passionfruit and orange tones merge into tangerine; penetrating and pithy

Taste: Orange flavors forward with passionfruit adding complexity; a hint of vanilla in the mix, as well; the mid--palate is filled with citrus pith and the guava emerges after the swallow; the finish has a combination of all the elements

Mouthfeel: Medium body with low to moderate carbonation; creamy but a bit flabby

Overall: I haven't had many milkshake IPAs as I am not a big fan but this one was quite good

 

Love it! This is silky smooth without being overly creamy to the point of not being beer. It’s also light and refreshing for the ABV. Three finger dissipating head and full of pineapple and peaches!

 

 

 

 

 

 

my first ever beer from these guys, and its mighty good. well ahead of expectations, i have grown disdainful of the milkshake style and never expect much from them anymore, usually tasting the as courtesy to my friends who procure them and think they rule, i am rarely into it, but this one really turned me on, perhaps my favorite i have had in this style all year long! passion fruit, orange, guava, and vanilla in this thing, i know what it sounds like, but trust me its incredible, way way ahead of the curve. its lightly hazy, washed out pale straw looking in the glass with a very tall and active white head on it. the nose is slightly tart from the natural passion fruit, which for me is in front of the other fruits. the fruit and the hops are about on par with each other though, one not overtaking the other. for being desserty in style, its not all that sweet, even with the vanilla. dry and wheaty as its base, fluffy feeling but not heavy in the least, some tropical hops, maybe some citra too, work perfectly with the fruit in this, orange is subtle, lightly acidic but not in a yeasty bacterial or sour way, and the guava is a nice way to round it out. the flavor is fresh as can be, really robust, and totally different than any other one of these i have ever had. i love the vanilla too, it almost gives this a melted ice cream complexion. effervescent and fast finishing for what it is too. really textbook example of the style, among the best i have had! maybe the beer surprise of the holiday season for me, ive got to get my hands on more of their stuff!

First time I had this it seemed to be bursting with flavor. Second not so much. Maybe I’ve had more neipa’s at This point ....

 

 

Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on August 4, 2018. Milkshake style IPA brewed with passion fruit, blood orange and pink guava. A bit light in body for this style.