Hopped & Confused Vol. 2
Mill Street Brew Pub

L: Opaque hazy orange/yellow, very little foam
S: Somewhat faint but inviting tropical fruity smell, mango, and a hint of peach, guava, and citrus.
T: Interesting unique flavour that is strong but not too in your face. Overall a bit fruity and malty. The fruit flavour is similar to the smell but more muted and blended. The malts are balanced and a bit doughy and toasty. There is a faint floral spiciness as well as a bit of sourness and a mild bitterness to it.
F: Smooth and a bit thick with little carbonation. A bit of a dry finish.
O: Enjoyable and complex unique flavour but not particularly amazing to me but certainly worth a try. Packs a lot of punch for a session IPA.

 

Not as hoppy as the same suggests.
Pours a beautiful hazy golden color with little head but plenty of lacing.
Gives me vibes of wheat beer like Belgian Moon

Very earthy and floral. Definitely more fall than winter, but it would light up a winter evening too .

A sessional able IPB

473 ml can served cold into a tulip. LCBO purchase for around $3.25 CDN.

Dark golden color with honey brown hues. Plenty of haze and a finger plus of dense and tight white head. Good staying power and next to zero clarity in the beer.

Smell - Good citrus aroma with peach and nectarine shining through nicely hints of other topical fruits as well with a subtle wheaty undercurrent.

Taste - Peach and nectarine are again prominent with an element of sweet pineapple and lychee even in the background. Pretty flavorful given the lower ABV.

Mouthfeel - Juicy and more full bodied then expected - still just medium bodied with lighter than average carbonation.

Overall - Hopped and COnfused Vol 2. is one of the better full flavor, lower ABV IPA's out there packing a good amount of flavor into an easy drinking package. Pretty good brew and worth picking up. May stock a couple more in the fridge while the season is right. Compares quite favorably with the original brew in my eyes.

473 mL can from the LCBO; coded May 6 2020 and served barely chilled.

Pours hazy golden-yellow, topped with roughly one finger of loose, bubbly white head that falls apart within the next couple of minutes. A messy, uneven swath of lacing is left in its wake; its other remnants include a fat, frothy collar and a filmy layer on the surface. I'm getting lemon, orange, grapefruit and passion fruit on the nose, together with hints of apricot, pineapple and some floral, earthy hops.

It tastes like a fruit cup - flavours of mandarin orange, melon, passion fruit and pineapple come through at the forefront, followed up with notes of grapefruit, peach and lemon by mid-sip. It concludes with a mixture of earthy, pithy, weakly floral bitterness and stone fruit, the lattermost lingering into the aftertaste alongside a touch of cantaloupe. Medium-light in body, with moderate carbonation levels that provide a little bit of crispness to this generally smooth, soft-textured brew.

Final Grade: 3.84, a B+. Mill Street's Hopped & Confused Vol. 2, with its Centennial, Mosaic and Galaxy hop trio, offers up a variety of citrusy, tropical fruity flavours that I found genuinely appealing. While I did give the original recipe a somewhat higher grade, the fact is that without a side-by-side comparison of comparably fresh samples, I can't say with confidence which variant I think was better. I suppose that's not important anyhow, because in the end they're both serviceable-to-good session ales - so if you like that sort of stuff, add this one to your shopping list and try it for yourself.

The can says Hazy Session IPA. True to it’s description, it pours a very hazy yellow colour with a large head on top. The smell is sweet and tropical. The taste is hoppy, grassy, citrusy. Mouthfeel is nice, with a light carbonation and thick-feeling beer. Overall a good sessionable IPA.
May 27 2020