Gay Agenda
Illuminated Brew Works

 

 

 

 

Poured a dense, cloudy orange body with minimal head and no lace. Aroma is citric and pulpy with hints of peach and some funk. Smooth, some bitterness from the hops as well as an earthy feel as the beer warms. Some funk/funky fruits, and again I can't escape this "peaches thing" for some reason, even something like guava, and the beer finishes a little dry and bitter.

 

 

Nice bear. Pours with some head, hazy gold. Nice taste with some hip and slight sweetness to it. Plus part of $ goes to Howard Brown which is a LGBT heath care system around Chicago.

 

 

 

 

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 5/28/2019. Pours opaquely hazy deep golden/orange/amber color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice desne spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big lightly tart/tangy peaches, fruit skin, tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, red apple, honeydew, watermelon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of peaches, citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops, and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big lightly tart/tangy peaches, fruit skin, tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, red apple, honeydew, watermelon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness; and fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of peaches, fruit skin, tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, red apple, honeydew, watermelon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of peaches, citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops, and bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness and tart/tangy fruit balance; with no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and tart/tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready/grainy, fairly sticky, and lightly acidic/tangy/resinous/rindy mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7.5%. Overall this is an excellent fruited NEIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of peaches, citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops, and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the mellowly bitter/tart/drying finish; great soft feel. Great Pacifica, Motueka, Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado profile. Super juicy hops/fruit, with some dank/earthy notes; and a great wheat/oat/malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example as expected.

 

Fluffy and smooth in the texture. The peaches and the dry hops drive this beer in smell and taste, and gives the finish some citrus sweetness, so mellow hop bitterness, and a sweetbread froth. More rich in taste than in smell, but neither too complex. Proceeds go to good cause, so what can I say? I like the gay agenda!

 

Tasted in a Rastal Teku from a 750 ml bottle on June 11, 2018. Double dry hopped double IPA brewed with peaches. Hazy and smooth yet somewhat lacking in peach flavor.