Dose
New England Brewing Co.

 

 

 

Can dated: 02/11/21

L: Pours a deep gold with medium-light haze. A gentle pour yields a fine, white two finger head with good retention. As the beer goes down the head falls to a 5 mm ring around the glass while the middle is filled with a thin sheet of head interspersed with thicker pillows of head. As the beer goes down it leave a good amount of sticky webbed lacing on the glass.

S: Lots of candied pineapple, oranges, a touch of citrus pith, crystal malt, and subtle piney notes. As the beer warms I can also pick out some light floral notes.

T: I get touch of mango, waves of ripe pineapple, and a hint of orange pith on the front end flowing into the middle where a malty sweetness and light piney dankness presents itself. On the backend I get some floral character and a bracing grapefruit bitterness that balances out the sweet malt through to the finish.

F: Medium bodied with medium carbonation. The mouthfeel is smooth and creamy, but a tad watery, with a nice drying finish.

O: This is the best batch of Dose I have had in quite a while. It is amazing. Nebco does these amazing hybrid IPAs which are neither WCIPA nor NEIPA....I would call them "East Coast IPAs," but no one else really does them anymore. So I guess Nebco is a thing unto itself. This one nicely balances the dank, piney, juicy, and bitter aspects of IPA goodness. It is a lot more juicy and sweet than I remember it being in the past, but the bracing bitterness on the backend and finish cut that sweetness perfectly. This one is highly recommended!

 

 

 

Canned on 12/27/19

Pours a hazed, dingy brownish orange body with two fingers of creamy, tight off-white foam; good retention recedes steadily to produce an ample collar, thin veil of cap, and a blotchy spread of moderate lacing.

Aroma presents tropical notes at times resinous and sweet, even hinting at cream, though saturated herbal tones quietly course through the bouquet; dank pineapple and orange rind are most prominent, while light malt and touches of mossy lemon mossy mark the close.

Taste profile starts out tropical with notes of overripe peach, candied mango, and dank tangerine, eventually progressing into more earthy tones of ruby red grapefruit and rosewood before a sweet lime zest and oaky lemon peel finish.

Mouthfeel shows a medium-thick body as a borderline syrupy smoothness invites just enough dryness for balance along the mid-palate; moderately aggressive carbonation guides toward a mild, gritty bittering on the back of the tongue into a crisp, juicy swallow.

Saturated with hop resin and subtle touches of tropical fruit detail, this DIPA offers nuance in the middle ground between syrupy density and hop/malt intensity, and produces a brew of persistent drinkability in the face of what teeters on overzealous expression; another upper-tier winner from NEBCO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less alcohol notes and easier drinking than spin cycle 13. Doesnt feel as heavy either. An acidic stinging quality that ive noticed in nebcos ipas featuring citra. Not as bombastic as i was expecting for a dipa. Pretty good. Not mind blowing.