Head In The Clouds
Resurgence Brewing Company
- From:
- Resurgence Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,342 - ABV:
- 8.4%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #8,881 - Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 6.99%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 20, 2025
- Added:
- Oct 30, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 6
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Head in the clouds double IPA immediately hits you with a huge aroma of white peach, citrus orange, and sweet pineapple. It has a soft, full body, dominated by juicy grapefruit and papaya flavors and it finishes clean and deceptively light for its ABV
Recent ratings and reviews. | Log in to view more ratings + sorting options.
Reviewed by buschbeer from Ohio
4/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16 FL. OZ. can
Served in a stemless wine glass
This beer pours amber and hazy. It is topped with a couple inches of tan head that coats the side of the glass.
Citrus aroma with a focus on grapefruit
Grapefruit flavor
Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel
Solid IPA
Oct 20, 2025Served in a stemless wine glass
This beer pours amber and hazy. It is topped with a couple inches of tan head that coats the side of the glass.
Citrus aroma with a focus on grapefruit
Grapefruit flavor
Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel
Solid IPA
Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
3.21/5 rDev -22.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
3.21/5 rDev -22.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Head in the Clouds - from Resurgence. 16 fl oz can purchased from Franklin Beer Co, Franklin, PA, 30/05/24, $ 4.50 (Including tax), $ 0.282/fl oz. Reviewed 10/06/24 (Review 3293). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Undated can. Stored in reefer at the distributor, 34 degrees at home. Served at 43.2 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 49.8 degrees F.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Straw (SRM 3), cloudy.
Body – Straw (SRM 3), opaque. Under direct light, tons of precipitate are present. When rear-lite, same.
Head – Large (Maximum 6.2 cm, aggressive center pour), cream, high density, good retention, leaving a 1.0 – 1.5 cm meringue crown and cap.
Lacing – Excellent! Wide band of near microscopic to tiny bubbles, with a couple of arches and some outlying islands.
Aroma – 3 – Weak citrus. No yeast, no hops, no alcohol (8.4 % ABV as marked on the label).
Flavor – 3 – Slightly bitter with vague citrus. None of the flavors listed on the can (peach, melon, pineapple) are to be found. No yeast, no hops, no alcohol. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. No gastric warming.
Palate – 4 – Medium; creamy; soft carbonation.
Final Impression and summation: 3.25 (After deducting 0.25 point for undated personal container) Very mediocre IPA, but it could be old since they haven’t bothered to date the can.
Jun 10, 2024Undated can. Stored in reefer at the distributor, 34 degrees at home. Served at 43.2 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 49.8 degrees F.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Straw (SRM 3), cloudy.
Body – Straw (SRM 3), opaque. Under direct light, tons of precipitate are present. When rear-lite, same.
Head – Large (Maximum 6.2 cm, aggressive center pour), cream, high density, good retention, leaving a 1.0 – 1.5 cm meringue crown and cap.
Lacing – Excellent! Wide band of near microscopic to tiny bubbles, with a couple of arches and some outlying islands.
Aroma – 3 – Weak citrus. No yeast, no hops, no alcohol (8.4 % ABV as marked on the label).
Flavor – 3 – Slightly bitter with vague citrus. None of the flavors listed on the can (peach, melon, pineapple) are to be found. No yeast, no hops, no alcohol. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. No gastric warming.
Palate – 4 – Medium; creamy; soft carbonation.
Final Impression and summation: 3.25 (After deducting 0.25 point for undated personal container) Very mediocre IPA, but it could be old since they haven’t bothered to date the can.
Rated by Duf609 from Pennsylvania
4.54/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.54/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Great NEIPA. Smooth finish.
Dec 23, 2023Reviewed by hoptheology from South Dakota
3.93/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16 oz can dated 5/23/18. Traded from Beerchaeology. Poured into tall SN swirl glass.
Hazy bright gold color with a very tall fluffy hop-powered head of 3 fingers. Good lacing left behind, not webby but in sparse broken islands.
Nose is comprised of melon, grapefruit rind, and strong dank catty notes. Very faint berry/Hawaiian punch going on as the glass is agitated fiercely. Light spikes of pine and cracker behind all of that aroma keeping it sharp and focused.
Flavor is floral and herbal for the most part, slight woody pine, with fading notes of grapefruit rind and faint citrus pith. Definitely not a juice-focused IPA, just "a hazy" one, lots of bitterness reaching out with resiny tenticles to grab your tongue and squeeze it.
Feel is sharp and crisp with creaminess underneath, medium bodied, slight alcohol burn on the finish, resins clinging on.
Overall, a pretty decent IIPA. Nothing I'd really trade for again but it's not a shabby beer in the slightest. Give it a whirl if you see it.
Aug 10, 2018Hazy bright gold color with a very tall fluffy hop-powered head of 3 fingers. Good lacing left behind, not webby but in sparse broken islands.
Nose is comprised of melon, grapefruit rind, and strong dank catty notes. Very faint berry/Hawaiian punch going on as the glass is agitated fiercely. Light spikes of pine and cracker behind all of that aroma keeping it sharp and focused.
Flavor is floral and herbal for the most part, slight woody pine, with fading notes of grapefruit rind and faint citrus pith. Definitely not a juice-focused IPA, just "a hazy" one, lots of bitterness reaching out with resiny tenticles to grab your tongue and squeeze it.
Feel is sharp and crisp with creaminess underneath, medium bodied, slight alcohol burn on the finish, resins clinging on.
Overall, a pretty decent IIPA. Nothing I'd really trade for again but it's not a shabby beer in the slightest. Give it a whirl if you see it.
Rated by Emageddon from Illinois
4.31/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Smooth mouth feel fades into tingling pine on back of tongue. Tasty as hell
Jul 18, 2018
We love reviews (150 characters or more)! Check out: How to Review a Beer. You don't need to get fancy. Drop some thoughts on the beer's attributes (look, smell, taste, feel) plus your overall impression. Something that backs up your rating and helps others. Thanks!