Life & Death
Vocation Brewery

Very balanced ipa, fruity and bitter, very hop forward. West coast in style more than NE.

Poured from a 330ml can

Pours a slightly hazy straw , sparkling visible carbonation and an inch thick head that leaves a moderate amount of lacing. The smell in full on tropical fruit, pineapple and citrus but the fruit is more in the background in a flavour dominated by pine and resin with a really well balanced bitterness throughout and a nice hint of sweetness on the finish . Decent viscosity and light sparkling carbonation.

Overall, a very decent beer. Doesn't go nuts on the fruit which to my mind is for the better, everything balances well . Glad I have three more.

Can from ASDA in Fleetwood. Light amber, spare head. Then it gets good. Pint, hoppy, herbal aroma, taste comes on full bore with some tingly bitterness. Hoppy and flavorful. Woke up my taste buds.

 

I normally think I can review beers on taste, bitterness, mouthfeel, body.
However with this beer, the overwhelming sensation is fruity. I can't comment on the other parameters!
Why can't other breweries produce superb beers like this?

Pours an entirely hazy yellow color with a big and stable head.

Aromas are of sun ripened oranges, together with red apples and tangerines among lighter apricots and big chunks of lemons.

Mouthfeel on this is light, refreshing, yet pleasantly smooth, with a well nuanced, slightly effervescent carbonation level.

Tastes of wet grass, resin, sugared braided yeast bun and slowly uprising lemons. The citrus plant driven hop in this develop an uncompromising bitter bite, gently entangled into lighter toffee and smooth whipped cream. Finishes with a note of birthday cake, dry garden herbs and prevailing, present lemons.

Quite a tasty IPA with a fantastic mouthfeel to it, glueing all the flavors in this together perfectly well.

 

Yellowish brown and slightly hazy with moderate carbonation. It has a huge five fingers of head which is slightly beige in tone.

The smell is amazing. It smells of fresh pineapple, jackfruit, grapefruit, and sugared tropical fruit.

The taste is dank with notes of lemon, citrus, mango, papaya.

It has a medium body with a little carbonation.

I bought this in Phuket Thailand and I’m drinking it at Kata beach, February 22, 2022.

 

Pours a slightly hazy yellow, or maybe a straw color. Nice head with good lacing.
Aroma is piney and floral with citrus. Also a bit of dankness.
Taste is juicy and citrusy.
Good carbonation with bit of dryness.
Overall a very good IPA.

 

 

330 ml can, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 6.5%. Unfiltered and unpasteurised. Golden colour, slightly hazy. Large white head. Strong hoppy aroma of tropical fruits, citrus and pine. Slightly dry flavour, still with some residual sweetness. Hoppy flavour, notes of tropical fruits and pine needles, fairly bitter finish. A decent US style IPA.

 

330ml can. A juicy American-style IPA from West Yorkshire. Lots of citrus and tropical fruits with moderate bitterness. Easy-drinking for its 6.5% ABV.

Pours a hazy light orange. Smells of pineapple, mangoes, peach and tea, very fruity smells. Taste follows the nose in that it's a fruity bitter taste with a surprisingly lightish medium body. Taste does die out quite quickly leaving a dryness but is quite refreshing. This is a good beer. Vocation produce consistently good supermarket available craft beers.

 

 

 

L: Light gold, almost yellow colour, almost a three-finger head, lasting lacing
S: Pineapple, grapefruit, mango, orange, lemon, lime, peach
T: Bitter citrus, zestiness, some slightly lighter fruit notes, nutiness
F: The alcohol is there, but only as a vague background, good feeling on the palate

O: 4.25