Mighty Wet
Lupulin Brewing

L-Relatively clear golden color.

S-Floral. Pine. Tobacco. Ganja. Earthy. All that and then an almost fruity pebbles like note emerges.

T-Relatively balanced with a white bread crust like maltiness and earthy, floral hops. I do get the sweeter fruity notes on the finish.

F-Medium bodied. Maybe light side of medium. Clean.

O-Nice wet hop beer with some unique fruity aroma and flavor characteristics blended with the grungy, earthy hop notes.

Clear and honey-gold hued body displaying a decently thick and rocky white head. A rather dull yet intriguing aroma; light esters and soft malt grain suggestions. An incredible taste experience; spicy, malty with melon-like fruitiness; kind of minty; peppermint; fresh musk and honeydew melon; bread crust; very subtle hop bitterness. Medium body; combination of dry and juicy; mild bite to the palate.

For a relatively old wet hop IPA (canned 09/17/19) this beauty retains some mighty fine spicy, fruity and grainy flavor elements. Everything blends together nicely, maintaining a lovely balance and complexity throughout the tasting experience. Quite nice and very unique...

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 9/17/2019. Pours sightly hazy deep golden/orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, caramel, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, caramel, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, caramel, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth. creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.5%. Overall this is a delicious wet hopped IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Nicely soft and not aggressive. Tastes like 100% Centennial hops. Very juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a nice sized dark/bready Munich malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made Midwest style example. Reminds me of Founders Centennial a lot.

 

Poured from a 16 oz can into a tulip.

Pours a slightly hazed amber/gold with a nice head and good lacing.

The aroma is very subdued. Caramel malts and vague citrus aromas.

The brew hits the tip of the tongue with tons of malt sweetness. Honey/graham cracker arrives in mid-stream. It's only at the finish that the hops arrive, mostly grassy and earthy. The flavors are somewhat vague and muddled.

The brew is solidly medium. Smooth, creamy, and slick. A bit more carbonation would have brought this quaff home.

This is a decent but unremarkable wet-hopped brew. The flavors are subdued and muddled.

Pours a clear apricot copper color with a thick white cap. Decent retention and good lacing. Aroma is mild caramel malt with a whiff of citrus. Flavor is also mild, but a bit more assertive than the aroma. Feel is light bodied. Overall a nice enough beer but without any stand out qualities.

It's not hazy. I will give props for that. This is one of those beers that tastes great initially, but the deeper into the glass I get, the less I like it. Has a weird fruity medicinal finish. Otherwise the beer is solid.

 

 

One of the only fresh hop beers on the shelves (which is sad when you grew up a PNW guy), I got a 4 pack of tallboys and this is the last one, into a willibecher. A very welcome change from the constant NEIPA fruit bombs. Pours a clear copper amber, with a 1 finger pill white head, good retention, not much lacing.

 

 

Poured from a can. Clear copper in colour. Apricot, slight dank hops, caramel malts notes and crisp. Tastes like it smells. Crisp, citrusy,hay earthy bitter hops, and no lingering flavors.