Little Juice Smoothie - Freshie Edition
Three Magnets Brewing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cloudy, peach-like body topped with a thick, frothy, dense head. Very powerful aroma of tropical fruits; pineapple, orange, tangerine, mango. Bold bitterness dominates the flavors; some deeply hidden elements of light malt grains; mild presence of esters. Medium-heavy body; coarse and dry on the palate.

A fine looking and wonderfully smelling hazy IPA. The flavor seems a bit one-dimensional with little balance to offset strong hop bitterness. Then again, a tongue-ripping hop bitter IPA is what many of us like, eh?

 

 

Pours an opaque gold with a frothy head that laces nicely

Nose is sweet citrus forward, leading with notes of tropical fruit

Taste is bright citrus with a resinous pine finish. Almost has a floral or herbal characteristic.

Mildly bitter, moderate carbonation

Really unique...looks like a NEIPA, but has flavor characteristics that lean towards a west coast IPA. Worth revisiting.

 

 

 

 

2017-10-04
16oz can served in a large snifter. 2692017 on the bottom. Given to me by a friend at work. Had it last weekend at Yakima Fresh Hop, too.

Pours extremely hazy orangey-white with a big head and medium to high carbonation. Smell is juice and green, high orange juice and the white part of an orange peel. Orange blossoms and a little tropical juiciness is present, too.

Taste is a flash of flowers, juice and honey with a slow, clean, bitter finish. Bitterness grows more pronounced with following sips -- sweet characteristics remain, sort of lingering in the background.

Mouthfeel is thick but dry. Overall, this is a very good beer.

Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a very hazy, almost opaque golden amber with a two finger white head with good retention and lacing. Aroma as expected of citrus an tropical fruit hops, pale malt, lemon, guava, passionfruit and pineapple. Flavor follows, with a great mixture of guava, pineapple, papaya, lemon and orange, piney and citrus hops. Finishes with lightly resinous hops with a really fine tropical fruit reduction flavor that is hard to believe came from hops. Medium bodied with light creaminess and a nice mouth feel. My first reaction to this was, hmm .. tastes pretty much as I remember Little Juice Smoothie tasting, but the finish is much more intense and realistic fruit flavor. Nice hop bitterness. This looks intersting, smells good and tastes great. I'm slowly being won over to these NE style IPAs. I really like the way they look, but they often lose my interest as I finish the glass. Not a problem here. A welcome fresh hop variant of Three Magnet's hazy NE style IPA.