Lost In The Sauce
Ascension Brewing Company

16 FL. oz can
Served in a stemless wine glass

This beer pours yellow and turbid. It is topped with an inch of creamy, tan head that leaves decent lacing.

Citrus, tropical fruit, and melon aroma

Grapefruit with some tropical fruit accompaniment and hints of melon.

Full bodied with a creamy smooth mouthfeel

Solid NEDIPA

 

A - Pours a murky orange with a one finger creamy white head. Heavy amount of sticky lacing.

S - Aroma is mango, orange and pineapple.

T - The taste is orange, pineapple, mango, peach and a big piney finish,

M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a crisp finish.

O - Really solid NEPA. Nice mix of ripe tropical fruits and big piney hops.

 

 

 

 

 

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned in 3/2019. Pours nearly opaquely hazy deep golden/amber/light orange color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/light earthy hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of huge mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Mild pine, citrus peel/zest, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/light earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Slightly lingering resins/rinds through the glass. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.2%. Overall this is a fantastic NEDIPA. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/light earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the mildly bitter/drying finish; amazingly soft feel. Amazing Citra/Mosaic profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, and lightly dank/earthy hops; with a perfectly balanced wheat/oat/malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. Loved the hop profile as expected.

Appearance - Pours turbid orange with thick white cap that lasts forever. lots of sticky lacing around the glass.

Aroma - Overly ripe mango and pineapple, tart lemon zest, grapefruit, hint of pine, guessing citra hops.

Taste - Great mildly sweet tropical fruit up front. Getting some pineapple and orange mostly. After the initial sweet hit comes the balanced bitter citrus peel and pine.

Feel - Creamy smooth, no sign of the alcohol very easy drinking

Overall - Pretty impressed nice balance of sweet and bitter.

16oz can, snifter glass. Cloudy and hazy yellow body, one finger thick white head, good retention, frothy opposite side lacing. Smell is freshly squeezed grapefruit, a bit of pithy stonefruit, lemon zest, light caramel. Nice hoppy presence. Flavour is pithy stonefruit, grapefruit flesh, caramel and a touch of herbal resin, mildly sweet caramel and a bit of herbal resin on the finish. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, soft, good carbonation, creamy, mildly zesty resin on the finish. Solid NE IPA, although there are better ones available out there.