Tickle Monster
Drekker Brewing Company

 

16 oz can from Tavour. Cloudy yellow pour, small, soft foamy head. Aroma features faint fruity notes and hints at the lactose. Taste opens with a big, sharp hoppy blast, tart citric flavors, grapefruit and lemon. Milky sweetness follows and tones down the hops a little..

 

 

I am a huge Drekker fan, but this one seemed so average for them.

It pours cloudy bright (white!). The stench is nasty, appropriate for the style, but nasty. The taste is the usual juicy, hop bomb and it is a bit harsh on the throat, a hazy trademark.

Recommended. You could find better Drekkers, particularly the larger IPA and the fruit smoothies! I guess I wasn't really in the mood for a hazy IPA.

Canned 12/12/2022 (1 month ago)

Appearance: Pours a completely hazy (0% clarity) light, slightly pale, yellow color with a strong white head. SRM of 5-6. (4.25)

Aroma: Moderate aromas of berries, melon, some peaches

Flavor: Moderate flavors of melon, peaches, some berries and grapes. Malty, mildly sweet.

Feel: Leans heavier-bodied, strong carbonation and pillowy, soft, smooth mouthfeel.

Compared to BlackStack 86 Mosaic 1/7/2023: Pours lighter, hazier, milder aromas. Milder flavors. More berries and oats. Less juicy and hoppy flavors. Smoother, but much less flavor. Winner: BlackStack.

Overall: A decent IPA here. Lactose cream and oats provide the nice and creamy body with a pillowy soft mouthfeel. Could use a bit more hop and juicy flavor though and that is the sacrifice. Still decent stuff. (Rating: 4.01)

 

 

 

Decanted from a 16 oz (473 ml) Sam Adams Perfect Pint glass; there is an imprint which I cannot read, but tastes fresh (< 6 weeks).
A: Pours an opaque, orange color with a one to two finger, egg shell yellow head, more than a rim, and some sticky rings of lacing.
S: Aromas of pineapple, mango, caramel, orange and lemon citrus, with a whiff of barley and a pine note.
T: Sweet. Fruit, caramel, and pine flavors blend, but there is a predominant orange zest with Pixie Stix® orange in back at first becoming more of a Bazooka® Bubble Gum/tutti fruity as is warms. Relatively light, rather minty bitterness.
M: Medium bodied with solid, persistent carbonation. Soft and creamy, yet zesty mouthfeel.
O: Second beer from Drekker. Looked for it because of their IPA Fest entry. Nicely composed and executed. Sitting out back on a Summery Spring day relaxing with it and a good book.

 

 

New brewery, new state

Canned on 2.15, poured on 4.16 into a pint glass

Dense creamy pencil thick off white foam layer , good retention , good lacings over a hazy orange liquid

Aroma is orange citrus, peach

Taste is orange, peach , berries

Smooth mouthfeel, creamy, hop taste , no bite

Good beer

 

Pours a hazy, muted orange with loads of dense, foamy white head that with excellent retention and lacing. Very attractive beer. Aroma is pineapple and other indistinct tropical fruits. Taste is well balanced yet somewhat one dimensional. That said, it's pretty darn tasty. Medium to full feel. Good beer.

 

 

 

Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on June 14, 2020.