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The Answer Brewpub

 

 

 

 

This is a high octane, 100% mosaic IPA right here. It pours a bright and clear pale yellow, and smells strongly of mango and onions. It's tasty for sure, but there's a bit more heat than othe Answer "triple IPAs" I've tried.

 

Poured on tap at the brewery in a snifter, the beer is a vibrant, deep, golden coloring, with a foamy, clingy, white head. Aromas of grapefruit, lemon zest, grassy highlights, and a cracker backbone. Flavors are lemon zest and grapefruit forward, mouth wateringly tart and sweet, with a solid grassy and subtle piney follow, all on a toasted and roasted backbone. Subtle pineapple highlights, too. Smooth, slick, and midbodied, with a grassy and lemon sweet aftertaste. Smooth, slow, dry finish. Amazingly balanced and damn tasty.

First triple straight Mosaic IPA I've had. It's big, and I love Mosaic, but I feel like something doesn't quite work as well as I'd hoped.

The ABV is pretty well hidden but most definitely there. It's a big on the sweet side but a bit more brash than I'd like here as it overpowers a bit of the juicy and bitter notes. It's definitely a Mosaic, it's big, it's good, but it is not my favorite from these guys.

 

Received a growler from Cejaev filled 1-29

pours fluffy white head with a light gold color. Not a lot on the nose here. Taste is slightly sweet with a big mosaic tongue thrashing and a slight alcohol burn. I usually hate ipas of this size, but i love this one. The mosaic make it juicy which one doesn't expect from a beer this big. Well done.

 

 

 

From a 32 oz growler. Pours a deep golden color with a hint of haze to it. Head it big and soapy, with a slight lacing. Aroma is big, juicy tropical hop notes. Really smells fantastic. Flavor is big on the juicy hops at the beginning and end, with the alcohol noticeable towards the end as well. Feel is smooth, slight burn from the alcohol, but overall very nice. Very drinkable for a TIPA, overall a solid beer.

Poured from a crowler filled 1/29/16 into a Answer Brewpub wine(beer) glass a slightly hazy deep gold with a beautiful pillowy white two finger head that settles to a quarter inch in a few minutes with great lacing all around the glass as I sip and the head settles. Huge nose. It smells of dank fruits and citrus with just the slightest pine. This is so juicy. God. Really great carbonation with a very full body. It still feels like its there even after sipping. The Mosaic really shines in this one. I typically do not go for the TIPAs. Im glad I grabbed this one. Well done.