Double Dry Hop Hop Dry Double
Great Notion Brewing

 

A: Pours a murky milky bright golden orange in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate bright orange + pale orange + peach + apricot + mango yellow colored highlights. The beer has a two finger tall dense creamy sudsy foamy white head that reduces to a medium sized patch of medium thick film covering approximately 20% of the surface of the beer surrounded by a large patch of slightly mottled thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate to significant amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of juicy citrus/grapefruit + tropical/pineapple + tropical/passionfruit + gooseberry + tropical/melon hops over the top of just shy of moderate aromas of biscuit + pale + oat malts with a light to moderate amount of sugary sweetness.

T: Upfront there are just shy of moderate flavors of biscuit + pale + oat malts with a light to moderate amount of sugary sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of juicy citrus/grapefruit + tropical/pineapple + tropical/passionfruit + gooseberry + tropical/melon hops which impart a hint of bitterness which fades away quickly leaving moderate lingering tropical + citrus hop flavors.

M: Light to medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly crisp initially with a light amount of soft/fluffiness mid-body and a hint of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a refreshing slightly crisp + slightly soft/fluffy mouthfeel. Enjoyable with lots of tropical + citrus + gooseberry hop presence.

Perfect hazy yellow, white foam.

Berry, melon.

Lemon and melon, definitely a Galaxy beer, something like orange, but not tasting anything Nelson-y. Something to notch it up would be good, but still very tasty.

Light and dry, pithy.

 

These folks are new on the shelf here in my area so I wanted to grab a fairly common beer to give them a go.

Nice solid semi hazy IPA. Lots of juice and a touch of bitterness. Pleasant enough...

While I liked the beer I can't see these folks sticking around here at this price point... 22 bucks for a 4 pack of 6.5% pretty good IPA wont ever make it as it's too expensive for what it is (I paid less for Hopslam) and there's Bearded Iris IPAs available next to them for 6 bucks less and they're better...

That's just reality...

It's a nice beer though...