Lush Terrain
Hop Butcher For The World

16oz can purchased from the fridge as a single for $5.47 plus tax. No canned-on date. According to Instagram, this was released on December 28, 2023. Is this really the last time it was released?

Look: It has an orangish-yellowish moderately hazy glow to it. There's translucence, with light coming through the other side. There was a finger of rocky whitish head that dissipated to a rim around the glass.

Smell: Interesting aromas. There's a mixture of honeydew melon, pineapple, acidity, pungent, and green notes. I get a minty note on the finish. I'm kind of not sure what to make of this based on the nose alone as it seems a bit all over the place. Let's see how it tastes.

Taste: It's actually pretty tasty. Nice balance of juiciness, sweetness, and a somewhat bitter finish that ends with enough dryness to prompt another sip. The finish has a bit of woodiness and it works. Grapefruit zest and pith on the finish also. Up front, it's fruity but not very sweet. There's a bit of acidity with the tropical fruit flavors and then the finish takes over. The taste is a bit chalky, which could be due to the age of the beer.

Feel: It has a nice softness to it. The beer is on the lighter side of medium body. It's nicely carbonated.

Overall: It's a decent NEIPA. I'm not sure how much the beer benefited from all of the exotic hop additions as it doesn't taste so complex to me. I would try this again if I could ensure that the can was fresh.

From the can:
MOSAIC, WAI-ITI, MOTUEKA, KOHATU % WAKATU-HOPPED INDIA PALE ALE

TASTING NOTES:
ZESTY GRAPEFRUIT

SWEET LEMON-LIME

PLEASANT GRASS
PINE

 

 

 

Pours totally opaque, one finger of fluffy head. The nose is strong candied fruit. Taste is pretty generic, and a little boozy up front. The carbonation is string on the sip, but then vanishes. No one flavor stands out, it's not a bad hazy but HB has many better beers.

 

Got in a BIF from FBarber. 16 ounce can into IPA glass, canned on 2/14/22. Also says "contrats to Detroit!!! on the bottom. Pours opaquely turbid golden straw color with a 3 finger dense and fluffy off white head with amazing retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing on the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas and flavors of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, bread dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy bitterness on the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium body. Creamy/bready/grainy malts, some sticky hops, and light resins in the mouthfeel. Very soft finish with lingering resins and no cloying/astringency. Minimal warming 6.5% or lingering hop burn. Amazing hop bouquet in the nose especially. Mosaic, Wai-iti, Motueka, Waimea & Moutere hops with a balance of citrus, stone fruits, and tropical. Very juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank hops; with an awesome soft malt backbone. Amazing style example.

 

 

At home from a can.

 

 

 

 

Pours dark orange and hazy but not murky.
Smell and flavor is all very muted nothing g standing out big. Some orange juice. Pineapple. A little grapefruit very easy to drink. Could drink a couple of these.

I will start off by saying that Hop butcher makes really good beer. Lush terrain though was a hot mess. The flavor was mostly mown grass and overipe melon. Was not a fan of this one

Hazy dark yellow with two fingers of lush white foam. Smell features lemon, lime, under ripe bright grapefruit and orange, grass and moderate hop bitters. Taste was watered down to drier grassy hops with zesty citrus and a hit of lime juice and herbs. A wispy complexion, no technical issues, just bright, light, thin, and bland, want more hop pop from an ipa in both texture and taste. Not bad, but not good either

Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on November 22, 2019. Brewed with Mosaic, Wai-iti, Motueka, Waimea and Moutere hops. Nice citrus and tropical fruit notes.

 

The look on this one was light orange color with a nice fluffy head. The smell had a lot of pineapple and grapefruit. The taste was grapefruit, pineapple, and some zesty lemon with a touch of bitterness at the end. It was a little thin in the mouthfeel.