Extra Tickle DDH IPA
Levante Brewing Company

Poured into a grip shaped goblet: color is gold, hazy, head is of white and presents 1+ inch thick and lingers well with solid top and layers of lacing on the glass sides; some floating yeast.

Smell is blend of juicy hops with notes of citrus, grapefruit pith, lighter tropical notes, light berry, malt comes through with light biscuit and light malt sweetness.

Taste is similar with moderate juicy hops with leading citrus/grapefruit pith, lighter tropical notes, hint of berry, malt is biscuit and toasty, pleasant.

Mouthfeel is moderate carbonation, moderate sweetness, moderate bitterness.

Overall a nice a balance of malt and hops in a DDH IPA with light hazy lean.

 

good hoppy ipa fresh hop taste in every sip

 

 

A: Sunset orange exit from can with a huge, faded beige capping that was impressive at three fingers. Soapy pockets are large and cavernous along the walls. The coloring was a dense tangerine with a big rush of carbonation that was feverish and dense. Sloppy patchwork and soapy deposits.

S: Peaches and dank citrus, some small lemon factoring in. A bit linear and lacking in strength would be a drawback. Tart citrus-grapefruit with a flair of tart oranges. Dry and flowery hops, orange peel, yeasty grains with some musky damp citrus.

T: A fair and decent dry hop bite, again as with the nose perhaps a bit linear, Dry grassiness, dank simcoe flower hops. Dry and bitter, grainy, bready and yeasty.

M: Strong carbonation on the mouthful. I can go a bit over par here.

O: There's no doubt this packs a hop wallop of dry flowery proportions. As mentioned a rather simplified nose and flavor feels more at home at 3.5 for me. Some individual qualities but things tend to get muddled overall. Drinkability was a bit lackluster, after a few sips the mystery and anticipation was gone.

 

Look:
Bright yellowish orange. Pretty hazy.

Aroma: citrus , spice , touch of melon.

Taste: grapefruit upfront, oak, some ash,big bitter grassy finish, well balanced. Not amazing and actually not my type of flavor profile, but this sits in nicely.

Feel: medium body, ok carbonation.

Interesting beer. My first Levante.


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16 fl oz can/$4.29 USD plus tax at a beer store in New Orleans:

Hop profile is very middle of the road. Not pungent, doesn't showcase its varietals well. Drinkable, though.

Wouldn't pay $4+ a can for it ever again. That's laughable.

C / AVERAGE

Can dated 08-26-20 into pint glass. Pours a deep, murky amber with a modest off-white head. Initial impression is lemon rind, grapefruit, bitter pine, and a touch of orange. Mouthfeel is on the light side of medium. Finish is clean and refreshing. Overall, good but not great - maybe because it's a month old? I'd like to try this at the brewery.

 

Super thick hazy yellow body with a finger and a half of white foam. Mango, pineapple, grapefruit, lime and lychee in the nose, hops are very mild. Taste leads with the juicy fruits with new recruits of guava, peach, and orange. Hops are pithy and slightly piney on the finish. Sneaky dank cumulatively. Feels hazy in the juice upfront, and in the hop quality out back, bright and refreshing, goes down easy. Exciting to try a beer from good old west chester

Pours a very cloudy golden color with a thick foamy head. Head retention is very good, as is lacing. Nice juicy grapefruit aroma with some mild dankness at the end. Soft, juicy citrus grapefruit taste with some mild piney bitterness and dankness. Medium-bodied with moderate carbonation. Very enjoyable.

2020-07-19
16oz can served in a big snifter. Dated 06/18/20. Gift from @mr-jj.

Pours hazy, whitish-yellow, biggish head that collapses and leaves clumps along the edge, lots of carbonation. Smell is mango and citrus pith.

Taste is a little juice, a little resin, more of the pith flavor. Moderate bitterness.

Mouthfeel is light, soft, fluffy. Overall, actually really nice. Well balanced, less in-your-face. Refreshing.

Apricot haze, billoughy foam. Apricot and pine, subtle orange and pineapple, passionfruit and guava. Extremely well-balanced and refreshing, almost quenching. Sticky to dry in feel, medium creamy, smooth body. Very impressed by this. Nearly a month old, I’m sure this is somethin else right off the canning line.