Brewhouse
Hidden River Brewing Company

 

16 oz can

Pours opaque murky medium yellow in color, thick white head. Big aroma of tropical fruit and dank hops. Similar flavor, a touch boozy, finished with a pithy bitterness to avoid being cloying. Fuller bodied.

Canned on 6/6/22; consumed on 7/8/22

Pours an opaque, dingy gold body topped with nearly three fingers of dense, soapy, white foam; gold head retention leaves a thin layer of creamy cap, a moderate, richly frothy collar, and myriad webby/spotty lacing draping down the walls of the glass.

Aroma opens to lemon peel, grapefruit, and subtle sensations of Nerds candy; deft pine eases to underlying melon as sweet lychee and waxy clementine peak through the middle, leaving tinges of lemon cream, white pepper, and flaky malt lingering.

Taste brings grapefruit, lemon peel, and waxy melon upfront, softened with creamed mango over the mid-palate toward edges of musty jasmine and clementine as pine sap closes alongside pillowy, flaky malts.

Mouthfeel features a medium-light body and fluffy, moderate carbonation; creamy textures give way to a mild prickle of grit and underlying silky resins over the mid-palate, while a subtle hop twang invigorates a soft, juicier subtext across the finish.

Mild to a point of near-understatement for its ABV, this deftly creamy DIPA brings elements of twangy resins and lush tropics through a delicately herbal undertone, culminating in sensations both comprehensive and calm.