Hogus Maximus
Postdoc Brewing

Clear amber brew with plenty of foam in the Orval chalice. Mouthfeel is hot and sudsy and prickly in every way imaginable. This is very sharp but not really acidic nor astringent. Hop flavors come blasting like over-driven speakers. It's like being waterboarded with grapefruit juice. Somehow it's quite sippable and the alcohol ties it all together into a hot mess. Stupendously bitter, however. Whiskey chaser is advised. From the 16 oz can purchased at the local food co-op, dated 01/06/26.

 

 

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Clear, amber, big head, looks thick. Booze, grass, resin.

Taste is orange blossom, booze, honey. Resin / pine. West coast style for sure.

Mouthfeel is thick and smooth. Very good.

Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a medium coppery amber with a one fine, one finger white head with great retention and lacing. Aroma of lightly caramel malt, citrus and piney hops, mild mixed tropical fruit, orange, light pine and a little dankness. Flavor is pale and caramel malt, piney and citrus hops, pine, light stone fruit, dankness. Resinous fruit and pine finish. Medium bodied with light to moderate creaminess. A solid triple IPA with a somewhat drier, less caramel malt body than most, which usually drift into barleywine country. Robust hopping with a mixture of pine, citrus and a little dankness. Lingering hop bitterness. I like a bit more caramel in my big IPAs, but this is pretty good. It's been a while since I've had a triple IPA and glad this one rolled around.

 

 

Is actually a triple IPA and is very tasty.