Memes? Maymays? I’ve Heard it Both Ways
Windmill Brewing
- From:
- Windmill Brewing
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- Milkshake IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 4.82%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 15, 2017
- Added:
- Nov 04, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
NO SCORE
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Milkshake-style IPA with Pineapples.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4.41/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.41/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I'm not usually one to use long stemmed glassware for beers, but since the tall tulip (or chalice, depending upon how one looks at it) was given to me, I said, well, fine, here goes out of the glassware from the brewery.
The appearance was a murky to hazy burnt orange wood color with a half finger's worth of white foamy head that quickly slid off to leave some moderate lace.
The aroma started off with the crushed sweet pineapples flowing over a little bit of sweet onion and creamy sweet vanilla. Light orange zest and some grassiness rounded out the sides.
The flavor leaned towards the sweet side of the pineapple and then had some onion sweetness, vanilla sweetness and orange zest colliding into the mix of it all. Solid aftertaste of the pineapple up front with vanilla and then the orange zest.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a super solid sessionability about it. Low key carbonation shaped the body nicely with an ABV that seemed to be as projected.
Overall, what an absolutely awesome New England styled IPA that could be borderline DIPA due it's ABV. However, that ABV does seem to stay hidden quite well. Just would be one definitely to come back to.
Nov 17, 2017The appearance was a murky to hazy burnt orange wood color with a half finger's worth of white foamy head that quickly slid off to leave some moderate lace.
The aroma started off with the crushed sweet pineapples flowing over a little bit of sweet onion and creamy sweet vanilla. Light orange zest and some grassiness rounded out the sides.
The flavor leaned towards the sweet side of the pineapple and then had some onion sweetness, vanilla sweetness and orange zest colliding into the mix of it all. Solid aftertaste of the pineapple up front with vanilla and then the orange zest.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a super solid sessionability about it. Low key carbonation shaped the body nicely with an ABV that seemed to be as projected.
Overall, what an absolutely awesome New England styled IPA that could be borderline DIPA due it's ABV. However, that ABV does seem to stay hidden quite well. Just would be one definitely to come back to.
Reviewed by Prager62 from Colorado
3.99/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A pint can with no date purchased at the All Memes Day release at the brewery on 11/04/17. Pouring in a Windmill chalice for the review.
Look- Pours a brilliant hazy gold producing a small finger of creamy white foam. It gradually settles to a thin layer leaving moderate lacing behind. Tiny carbonation bubbles can be seen surfacing.
Smell- Orange zest, pineapple, papaya, floral and spice.
Taste- Orange, mango, pineapple, grapefruit and spicy floral esters in the finish.
Feel- Very light and soft with a bitter dry finish.
Overall- Another interesting beer from the Memes series. Unfortunately the pineapple gets lost in a torrent of heavy citrus and floral notes. While very good, it falls a little short for me and is at or near the bottom of the series.
Nov 13, 2017Look- Pours a brilliant hazy gold producing a small finger of creamy white foam. It gradually settles to a thin layer leaving moderate lacing behind. Tiny carbonation bubbles can be seen surfacing.
Smell- Orange zest, pineapple, papaya, floral and spice.
Taste- Orange, mango, pineapple, grapefruit and spicy floral esters in the finish.
Feel- Very light and soft with a bitter dry finish.
Overall- Another interesting beer from the Memes series. Unfortunately the pineapple gets lost in a torrent of heavy citrus and floral notes. While very good, it falls a little short for me and is at or near the bottom of the series.
Reviewed by JohnnyHopps from Indiana
4.06/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance - The beer looked like liquid gold with a light haze.
Smell - The nose smelled of straight pineapple juice with little hint of beer.
Taste - At the front was light pineapple juice. The juice was more like orange juice with light pineapple. There was almost no hop bitterness though a pepper hint before a drying finish.
Mouthfeel - The carbonation is low with a thick mouthfeel.
Overall - In the Meme world, this was a minor letdown.
Nov 11, 2017Smell - The nose smelled of straight pineapple juice with little hint of beer.
Taste - At the front was light pineapple juice. The juice was more like orange juice with light pineapple. There was almost no hop bitterness though a pepper hint before a drying finish.
Mouthfeel - The carbonation is low with a thick mouthfeel.
Overall - In the Meme world, this was a minor letdown.
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