Tropical Breeze
Marsh Island Brewing

 

Poured into a 16 oz Nordic pint glass canned on 9/26/19. Pours a very hazy orange yellow with a 2 finger sticky white head that leaves some thick waves of lace as it slowly settles. 4.5

Smell is strawberry, banana, apricot, pineapple, coconut, and vanilla. 4.25

Taste follows strawberry and banana are definitely the leads, pineapple, coconut, apricot, and vanilla round it out and man it is tasty. 4.5

Mouthfeel is big, moderate carbonation giving it that soft feel, a tad sticky but not dry, and at 7.2% drinks bigger but still easy going down. 4.5

Overall this is exactly what you would expect from the name and for me the banana doesn’t over power it and that is awesome. I love what this brewery is doing, excellent stuff. Cheers all. 4.25

A: Pours a hazy yellow-orange color with 2 fingers of head that fades down to a thin cap

S: Strawberry and banana up front along with some citrus and tropical fruit. Lactose sweetness present as well

T: Follows the nose. Starts off with a mix of strawberry and banana along with some lactose and citrus. Finishes with lingering banana and citrus

M: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation

O: A solid milkshake IPA that highlights both strawberry and banana well. Very easy to drink. Worth checking out

12 oz pour on draft at Blaze, Bar Harbor, ME.

Hazy amber appearance with minimal translucent head. Very pronounced hints of strawberry and banana on the nose- sweet. The flavors packed a punch of strawberry, banana, guava, with a creamy mouthfeel. Really sweet and very minimal bitterness. This was an enjoyable beer for a summer evening. It Really delivered what it promised in terms of a flavor profile. Definitely got all the notes of strawberry, banana, and tropical flavors. A really solid one if you’re into the milkshake IPA style.

Pint on draft in a shaker at Cowbell’s in Biddeford.

Appearance: Cloudy straw/orange with a midsized white head. Very cloudy, in fact.

Aroma: Fruity and inviting. Strawberry, banana. Hops. Bit of malt sweetness.

Taste: Wow. This is advertised as tasting like a smoothie and, somehow, it does! Strawberry and banana lead, along with kiwi, orange and grapefruit. Hoppy. Tropical. Good stuff.

Mouthfeel: Bizarrely smoothie-like. Easy on the palate for a hoppy beer, too.

Overall: Wild concept that I was sure would fail, and here I am, looking like quite the ass. Great stuff. For fans of tropical IPAs and flavorful beers at large.