Extreme Low Visibility
Magnify Brewing Company

14 oz. pour on draught at the brewery. It pours an opaque, dark, muddy orange color with a full finger of thick, foamy, bright white head and lots of creamy lacing. The fragrant smell features lemon, grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, and a whiff of berry. Initially, its taste is less sweet than the smell would indicate; it's dominated by dry, tart lemon and grapefruit and pine needles over a crackery malt base. However, as it warms in the glass there are increasing notes of ripe melon and red berry from the Mosaic hops. There is moderately clean bitterness throughout the pour. This ale is quite lite and crisp for the 7.4% ABV with a pleasant level of carbonation. Overall, Extreme Low Visibility is a solid American IPA and a worthy variant of Magnify's flagship Pale Ale.

 

 

 

 

Finally had a chance to enjoy this today after buying this at the brewery recently. I haven't been the biggest fan of Magnify's beers but I was impressed with this beer and how smoothly it went down. This was a big improvement of the regular Low Visibility and clearly deserves to be in a year-round rotation!

Great pour to this as the beer had a bright and hazy deep apricot hue to it with a fluffy head. That took a while to settle and there was a moderate amount of spotty lacing left behind. Floral hops and nectar were faintly in the nose with even more to be found in the taste. Sticky, sweet, and rich, the taste to this was wonderful as the fruit and tropical notes took a back seat to the deep sweetness of this. A bit of dankness was present here as this had the presence of fresh-cut grass in addition; which was also noted by others on here. Magnify's yeast could easily be discerned here as the finish was a sharp, acrid citrus pith that was just too astringent for me.

The alcohol was understated in this but I could feel it on my breath when I finally made my way through this. This was an old can so it was not as fresh as I wished it was but regardless, I liked this beer as it wasn't like anything else that I had from Magnify. Worth seeking out as it was more of a Pale Ale than anything else. Lovely from start to finish!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From 05/20/16 notes. On tap at the brewery,

Pours a murky bright orange little head moderate carbonation evident. Light resin, citrus hops, bitter grapefruit, floral, and honeysuckle. Medium body mod carb, mod bitter bite. pretty nice.

 

 

 

Delicious as expected. I haven't done a side-by-side but I've had a lot of regular Low Vis and this definitely tastes a lot like it. Juicy, fruity, earthy, with that wonderful unique character I love from Low Vis. My only problem with this beer is I'd rather just drink regular Low Vis at the much lower ABV. Jumping from 4.8% to 7.4% doesn't seem to justify the difference in flavor.