Full Spectrum
Ascension Brewing Company

16 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours opaquely hazy deep golden/amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, red apple, mango, melon, blueberry, gooseberry, white grape/wine, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, red apple, mango, melon, blueberry, gooseberry, white grape/wine, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, red apple, mango, melon, blueberry, gooseberry, white grape/wine, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium-plus carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky/resinous/rindy mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.2%. Overall this is a fantastic NEDIPA. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the mellowly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Nicely soft feel, and not aggressive. Fantastic Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy, Mosaic profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, dank, and earthy balanced hop complexity; with a great balancing wheat/malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example as expected.

On tap at Holiday Market in Royal Oak. Nice hazy IPA here. Pours a thick hazy yellow, nice in the sunlight. Nose is a little chemical, but nice juicy tropical fruit flavors here, and a nice piney hop bitterness that lots of hazy IPAs mask with more juice. A bit thin, could use more carbonation, and the fruit flavors give way to the hops as it warms. A nice offering but not sure I’m waiting in line at a can release for this.

great hop profile here and i like whats happening with the grain, but this is raw and amateurish, dry hopped to a degree that the somewhat inferior quality of the base beer can be overlooked. this is such a good start, but it needs to be cleaned up, carbonated up a bit more, and perhaps not left so full of sediment, this is really dense and cloudy, matte looking and unexciting in the glass, as good as it smells and tastes, it starts from a rather drab place visually. the nelson hops make everything right though, so fresh here, white wine and white peach and juicy kiwi fruit, just an awesome expression of these hops. some mosiac type pineapple character too in nose and taste, and with a neat malt base that has flavor without being malty in the traditional sense. its the use of wheat and pils malts that make this flavorful, while also keeping it light, the hops obviously dominate at this dosage, but the grain balances the beer in a cool way. dry and full bodied, not bubbly enough, but not feeling particularly heavy either. hops linger long at the end, on the edge of over saturated, but there isnt a burn here or anything. neat beer, cool recipe, needs some tidying up, but really is on its way to being awesome! i liked all the hoppy stuff in here.

 

 

I tried this at the brewery there at the ice rink. It was a solid offering.