Moored Dirigible
Hop Butcher For The World

16 oz. can. Hazy orange. Smells of Citra hops in the form of orange creamsicle and tropical fruits. A little grapefruit. Tastes of mostly tropical fruit. A little bit of that creamy orange and mango flavor. Back end has enough pine to keep it interesting and it has a lingering bitterness that isn't strong, but just keeps going. Medium body. A little sweet. Very good, despite not being my style.

Pours a cloudy pale yellow-orange with a finger of foamy head that slowly dissipates to a thin ring with some lacing. Aroma of orange, citrus, and pine. Taste follows nose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

poured from a 16oz can into a willi becher pint glass. pours a hazy oj-colored orange with a thin, frothy white foam head. pithy orange, ripe melons and gentle pine on the nose. even a bit of orange sherbet aromas. taste is a wonderful combination of citrus, pine and tropical mango. extremely easy drinking yet also has a touch of hop bite and bitterness. medium-full mouthfeel. not exactly thin but finishes a little watery. overall, an excellent NE IPA with as much pine and hop bitterness as it has tropical citrus. highly enjoyable beverage.

 

Moored Dirigible from Hop Butcher for the World. Received 11/2/20 from @FBarber in a LIF in BIF 12. Reviewed 11/15/20.
16 oz can stamped on bottom “PKG 10/06/20”. Stored at home at 42 degrees and served at 45 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 48.5 degrees.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Straw (SRM 3), hazy.
Body – Pale gold (SRM 4), opaque. When held to direct light, same, but effervescence evident.
Head – Large (Maximum 4.3 cm, aggressive center pour), off white, high density, average retention, diminishing to a jagged six to nine mm crown and a thin complete cap. Some small pieces of foam remain on the sides after the head has retracted. Second pour generates a dense five mm head.
Lacing – Fair. Wide band of tiny bubbles with some tears and medium holes. See also above.
Aroma – 4 – Citrusy with some weak mango and weaker pine. No malt, no yeast.
Flavor – 4 – Less citrus than the nose, no mango, some pine resin which has a moderate hang time. No malt, no yeast. No alcohol (6.5% ABV, as marked on container) taste or aroma. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl.
Palate – 4 – Medium, creamy, soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4 A good NEIPA, IMHO. It goes down quickly.

 

 

 

 

Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on October 8, 2020.

 

Tasted a bit ripe but not overly so. Sweet Tangerine and citrus with mango, orange and pineapple. There was also a nice pine taste that also wasn't overdone. The flavors were all there up front but did not really linger very long. They disappeared pretty quickly. Overall a typically well done Hop Bucher beer.