Heart of Matters
Deciduous Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

Sample at Derry After Dark.
Hazy golden orange in color with a thin white head that dissipates. Big citrus tropical fruitiness with sweet bready maltiness a hint of pine and a touch of warming alcohol. Light grit in the mouth.

Poured into a 16 oz Deciduous wide Snulip glass canned recent with Citra, Galaxy, and El Dorado clocking in at 8.5%. Pours a very hazy orange with a solid finger sticky white head that leaves a thin wall of lace with excellent retention. 4.75

Smell is guava, pineapple, tangerine, melon, blueberry, and some apricot. 4.75

Taste follows tropical front to back guava, melon, tangerine, and pineapple upfront leads to some hints of blueberry and apricot in the bold and balanced finish, with very little bitterness. 5

Mouthfeel is big, soft gentle feel on the palate, sticky not dry from all the fresh hops, and at 8.5% extremely crushable. 5

Overall this is why some people call this brewery NH finest, because they are all around well rounded with most styles and always pushing the limits of great beer. 4.75

That is a tasty sour IPA, which is tart but packed with pungent citrus and piney hop notes. The aroma is very earthy but also full of dank citrus. Really smooth and almost creamy on the tongue, this hides the ABV masterfully and was a pleasure to drink.

On tap, pours a very hazy orange-gold. Smell is primarily fresh citrus with some tropical fruits. Taste is dominated by grapefruit and other citrus. Feel is rich, a little under-carbonated. Really tasty.

Poured a pulpy orange color with minimal head and very little lace. Orange, mango, even papaya (a stretch): that's what hits me when I smell the beer and there's also a touch of funkiness. Minor bitter-citric hops underneath a slightly funky semi-sweetness (tropical fruit-like) with a dirty finish in a fuller-bodied beer. Balance is good and beer is easy to drink.

 

 

Pours an opaque muted gold color with a two finger dense, biscuit head that settles down to a film fairly quickly.

Aroma seems a little more muted than the look suggests but it is a pleasant mix of citrus and nectarine.

The taste starts off with a solid citrus-rich tangy hop flavor, on the not-as-sweet side. By mid-taste the nectarine flavor crests along with some hot-hop tanginess that creeps in leading to a peppery finish with grapefruit and orange pith notes.

The feel is very soft, thick like pulpy orange juice. There is a bit of a sticky finish as well and bitterness seems to be low to moderate. I think the peppery flavor in the finish may be some alcohol burn but it blends well with the flavors,

I'm a fan of Australian hops and this one does not disappoint. It is as thick and dense as any NEIPA made, which I find very appealing as a quality. This is just a real treat. I just wish it came in a lower ABV format as these DIPAs are crippling when casually drinking at home. The beer is well worth those worries though.

DECIDUOUS HEART OF MATTERS DIPA 2/28/19

Poured from the 16 oz. can into a Tree House stemmed tulip.

a; Hazy dull orange with a finger thick slightly offwhite head which receded to very thin surface patches and spotty lacing.

s; Slghtly overripe fruit, perhaps apricot or mango.

t; Follows the nose but mildly, dry finish. Little bitterness. ABV is supremely well covered by the dense if vague fruit flavor.

m: Medium, very good body and a little carbonation tingle.

o; An odd double, any hop bitterness seemes muted by the rather heavy tropical fruit or apricot flavor , which fades after awhile. The lack of anything like a persistent head and seemingly endlessly growing number of unrepeated titles continues to be an issue with this otherwise often very accomplished brewery,