Freedom Machine
Service Brewing Company

this appears to now be a rotating hazy, guessing the hops change, they are up to version number six, which is the one i believe we had here in april 2024 at the brewery, but i am reviewing it here under the generic listing to be safe. it for me was the better of the two hazy ipa types we had when we visited, bohemian citra being the other. this is hazy in the glass but still bright, not super dense or sedimented, and there is a short but lasting head on top, some web lacing as it drinks. nose hits unique on the hop side, red berries and sweet orange with just a little bitterness. wheaty and grainy, earthy and still dry, juicy without being forced, subtle peach and nectarine and apricot to this, white grape as it warms, nice mix of hops in play. the flavor has berry too, some sweetness more than i could smell, tangerine and papaya tropical fruitiness, some dankness too, especially as the temperature comes up, which happens quick on their patio this time of year. i let it get light struck a little too fast and thats always unflattering, but that is on me. kiwi fruit and melon, mango and sweet orange, good sativa buds. just a bit of grain weight to this, fine carbonation, and i like the back end bitterness in a hazy, nothing overdone. tasty, summery, vacation vibes to this one.

 

 

 

Had Freedom Machine (Juicy IPA) at Service Brewing Tasting Room, Savannah, on draft into tulip.

Pours nicely hazy, deep orange with 1- to 1 & 1/2-finger near-white head, with good retention before dissipating to a persistent film, and leaving sketchy lace down the glass. Aroma of big, complex, and sharp tropical fruits, which fade as the aroma becomes very dank, with a sharp peach rider. On tasting, begins with significant carbonation over nice malt, then solid, sweet stone fruits, including pear, which carry into a crisp, somewhat resinous finish.

Looks a modern very hazy NEIPA, with an all "this is a tropical fruit bomb" aroma before settling into the dankest of memes, but delivers a light and refreshing sweet stone fruit flavor, cleaned up by that crisp finish.