Tropical Whip (Sundae IPA)
Levante Brewing Company
- From:
- Levante Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
- ABV:
- 6.9%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 7.44%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 08, 2023
- Added:
- Jan 04, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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You hold in your hand a liquid plane ticket to Florida... a creamy-sweet wintertime escape. 5 hop varieties - including Jarrylo which is known for banana notes - create a distinct layer of citrus juiciness, finished with pineapple and banana purees blended in. Tropical Whip tastes like the color of the wind. *Contains lactose, pineapple, banana, vanilla*
25 IBU
25 IBU
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by JohnniEMc from Pennsylvania
4.03/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Gifted, certainly not chosen, the contents of a pint can have been emptied into a clear glass liter mug. The annoying stark white foam quickly appears. Should all modern brews look like cotten candy on top? Same old song, the foam recedes unevenly and unattractively, leaving irregular glass lacing. The brew is apricot-amber in color and it's opaque. For what is expected to be a fruity desert beer, this has a sharp piney aroma and it's pronounced. A plus for the overall, but for
what it alleges to be, we'll see. This time, the nose knows. Amazingly, this includes banana, pineapple and vanilla notes, but it still has a great bitter hoppy finish. There are now many AIPAs that attempt to taste fruity. Some even include fruit in the wort. This does, whilst few carry it off this well. That doesn't make this a great brew, but it is one of the best for what it brings. It's not a fruit salad IPA. Although it does have some of the muddling stickiness of a milkshake beer, there are far worse. The dry hop bite at the finish redeems many of its shortcomings. Maybe this is a great fruited milkshake beer, let the experts that care decide, but this may not work for everyone.
Feb 08, 2023what it alleges to be, we'll see. This time, the nose knows. Amazingly, this includes banana, pineapple and vanilla notes, but it still has a great bitter hoppy finish. There are now many AIPAs that attempt to taste fruity. Some even include fruit in the wort. This does, whilst few carry it off this well. That doesn't make this a great brew, but it is one of the best for what it brings. It's not a fruit salad IPA. Although it does have some of the muddling stickiness of a milkshake beer, there are far worse. The dry hop bite at the finish redeems many of its shortcomings. Maybe this is a great fruited milkshake beer, let the experts that care decide, but this may not work for everyone.
Reviewed by 322wingedfoot from Pennsylvania
3.55/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From a 16oz can dated 01/03/19. From the tap list:
“Tropical Whip (Sundae IPA) IPA - Milkshake
6.9% ABV 25 IBU
You hold in your hand a liquid plane ticket to Florida... a creamy-sweet wintertime escape. 5 hop varieties - including Jarrylo which is known for banana notes - create a distinct layer of citrus juiciness, finished with pineapple and banana purees blended in. Tropical Whip tastes like the color of the wind. *Contains lactose, pineapple, banana, vanilla*”
Pours an cloudy orange-amber. Nose and palate are dominated by vanilla notes, almost overwhelming and chemical-tasting. For me, it detracts from an otherwise good NE IPA.
Jan 16, 2019“Tropical Whip (Sundae IPA) IPA - Milkshake
6.9% ABV 25 IBU
You hold in your hand a liquid plane ticket to Florida... a creamy-sweet wintertime escape. 5 hop varieties - including Jarrylo which is known for banana notes - create a distinct layer of citrus juiciness, finished with pineapple and banana purees blended in. Tropical Whip tastes like the color of the wind. *Contains lactose, pineapple, banana, vanilla*”
Pours an cloudy orange-amber. Nose and palate are dominated by vanilla notes, almost overwhelming and chemical-tasting. For me, it detracts from an otherwise good NE IPA.
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