Catalyst
Bearded Iris Brewing

 

Sweet pineapple, tropical hoppy, and pungent dank nose on this one! Taste follows with a juicy, grapefruit citrus bitterness with some slight hop burn, initially...this dissipates as it warms and smooths out. This is soft and juicy on the palate. Good stuff!

 

 

Brewery half pour.

Hazy but not juicy or turbid, 1 finger of white head.

Nose : There we go with the mustard/dill thing again. Dill Mustard actually. Slight onion. Petroleum? Maybe Diesel. Tons of it. Very gassy. Sharp pine. Some citrus back there somewhere. Edit : As I'm drunk from the others I smell slight passion fruit. (quarter point increase)

Flavor is piney-bitter to start, with dry grass, wet grass, some various citrus rinds, and pilsner malt.

Feel is nicely juicy/acidic, stays acidic on the palate, and has a mild warming alcohol. Moderate carbonation. Semi-dry finish.

Overall this was on the near side of awful. I'm having a hard time finishing it. I count diesel/petroleum as a flaw. Perhaps it got too hot. Definitely no 4 pack walking out in my hands. This is a far distant cousin to anything else in their lineup.

 

 

Catalyst has a medium, off-white head, an opaque, orange-gold, bubbly appearance, and splotchy glass lacing. The aroma is of white bread crust & fruit salad, and the flavor is similar, with lots of building bitterness. Mouthfeel is high medium, and Catalyst finishes midway sweet to dry.

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L - 2-finger foamy yellowish head atop a dirty orange body.

S - sweet orange, floral, herb.

T - follows the nose. Sweet orange, caramel, pine, with a floral middle. Moderate-low bitterness. Moderate-low sweetness. Moderate-low booziness.

F - medium-full body with average carb.

O - classically crafted.

This beer is exactly what I want in a 9.5% DIPA. It drinks like a beer, and more of an old school one.

Not bursting out of the glass, the aroma is sweet, tropical fruit, citrus and stone fruit. Hints of mango, pineapple, orange, peach and apricot. A bit of dirty onion, earthy and some sweet bready malt. The 9.5% ABV is perfectly noticeable.

The flavor profile is really nice. The fruitiness comes through, but this beer is defined by the earthy, oniony green profile. They call this a NEIPA but this drinks more like a West Coast IPA to me. It reminds me a lot of Enjoy By (which I haven’t had in ages) in terms of flavor profile combo of tropical fruit with some earthy notes, along with the full mouthfeel. The finish is earthy and herbal. Slightly dry and bitter with a touch of warming alcohol.

I love this beer. It’s a heavier feel and has some teeth to it, as opposed to a high ABV IPA that’s as soft as humanely possible. It’s not trying to hide its true colors. A real drinking beer.

Hazed golden-orange with a finger of yellowed head. Decent retention and solid lacing.

Clementine, white pepper, light white wine, a touch of cream and a hint of jungle rot dankness.

The taste follows with some modest piney, peppery bitterness in the finish. A nice kiss of alcohol, too.

On the light side of medium bodied with distinct creaminess and light carbonation.

Solid, drinkable beer that hits the right notes.

Had on tap at Porter Beer bar, Dec 2018

This beer was really average to below-average; by far the worst of all the BI beers I've had to date: Tunnel, D Home, Home, Attention, etc.

Perhaps the keg was skunked? Really shocked at these other reviews