Royal Bee
Drekker Brewing Company

 

I know its just another thiccc hazy with lactose, but this one was good. Strong haze in the golden glass, thick and tall white head lacing. Lots of juicy tropical fruit, pineapple and honey sweetness, melon, mandarin, creamy and smooth with some impressions of earthy hop bitterness, bit this one is mostly juicy, creamy, and sweet, but still all IPA, if that makes sense.

 

Royal Bee pours a lighter, pale hazy yellow with a medium-sized, long-lasting head. The aroma is sweeter, with notes of honey and melon. The flavor is sweeter but balanced but a bitter fruit rind note as well—honey and melon notes, with a hint of bitterness. Good feel. Overall, good intense flavors, and a little bit of contrast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great head to the pour, filling the nose with sweet honey smell. Very light hop taste to it; good amount of honey. Great beer with dessert. Ordering more! Drekker does IPAs well.

 

A: The beer is very hazy to cloudy pale whitish yellow in color. It poured with a quarter finger high off white head.
S: Light to moderate aromas of lemon/lime citrus and eucalyptus are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell, except that the herbal notes of eucalyptus are stronger and linger into the finish and there are additional notes of honey and lactose.
M: It feels medium-bodied, juicy and a bit crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The aroma of this beer smells like it's going to be a flat out hoppy IPA but the taste gets more complex with the flavors of honey and lactose.

Serving type: can

Pours a hazy straw color with nice lacing and head. Smell is fruity with house yeast. A blend of four hops. Taste has berries melon white grapes and citrus with honey. Mouth feel is soft with honey tntegrated nicely with the juicy hops minimal bitterness with some dryness in finish.

 

Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one point can on October 2, 2019. Brewed with honey and lactose. Hopped with Magnum, Hallertau Blanc, Ekuanot and Mosaic. Nice balance of honey sweetness and hop bitterness.