Birds Of A Feather
Lamplighter Brewing Company

Poured into a Sensorik goblet from a 16 oz can packaged 2/24/26.
Bright orange color, full-on haze but "glows" when held to the light. About an inch of white head that settles down to a solid ring and thin layer of foam on the surface. Good lace ring left at the top of the glass.

Aromas of apricot, some citrus (mostly orange), some tropical notes. Not too vibrant but very pleasant.

Flavors are a bit more forward than on the aroma. Apricot, citrus, tropical. Low bitterness, hardly noticeable at the sip but builds slightly on the finish.

Lighter to medium body with pretty good softness on the palate. A little slick perhaps, actually quite refreshing.

This is a very well done New England-style IPA. A bit laid back, but probably expect this with a 6.8% ABV. I may look for this one again and some others from this brewery.

disgusting. Can't believe I spent $18 on a 4-pack of this.

 

 

This LBCO IPA, “Birds of a Feather” poured from a 16oz can to a belgian tulip with a nice rocky head about 1” high and sturdy lacing around the glass. Color is vibrant golden yellow with a slight greenish hue. Aroma is inviting and dank with a big punchy malted barley note. Green terpene notes of white tea and pine follow, and it flows into a mix of orange peel, pineapple, mango, and passionfruit. On the pallete it reflects the nose, with a big bready flavor with notes of tea, pine, orange peel, pineapple, mango, and passionfruit. Mouthfeel is creamy and medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Overall, an outstanding release worth a restock. Cheers!

 

 

Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a very hazy yellow amber color with a huge head of white foam. The head has a decent level of retention, fading over time and leaving a good sum of spiderweb lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is quite heavy of a bready and very green hop smell, with a raw herbal and pine hop aroma mixed with notes of a bit of earth and grapefruit. Other smells of a light pineapple and a bit of orange and mango are in there as well, and with some smells of passionfruit and hay, a rather dank and inviting smell is produced overall.
Taste – The taste starts with a thick doughy and bready malt flavor matched with tons of pine and herbal hop tastes. The hop flavors are as one may anticipate from the nose, being very raw hop pellet like in nature. There is a light level of sweetness of orange and passionfruit, which as the taste advances, fades some. Taking the passionfruit and oranges place is a little bit of apricot and peach, with other hop flavors of a grapefruit and earthy nature joining in. Toward the end the dank hop gets even more intense, leaving one with a malty and very green and somewhat dank taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is thicker and heavier with a low carbonation level. Very appropriate for the style and for the dank and malty tastes, making for a thick and slow sipper.
Overall – A rather delicious drinker. Certainly, worth a try.

 

 

Poured from a 16oz can into a flared/small bottom glass - which may or may not be the right vessel for an NEIPA? Hazy honey-colored with fair-sized head, even when poured at a tilt, daintily. Anyway - it's good! Not too bitter, not too fruity. Just a nice, light citrus feel with a hint of "dank" as indicated on can. But no wayward smell or cloying aftertaste, dank you!

16 oz can from Tavour. Orange golden pour, one finger head subsides to a patchy cap. Fruity, citrus aroma with some tropical notes. Taste is more bitter than fruity, citrus zest, grapefruit, pear nectar.

 

 

This is a wonderful NEIPA. Lamplighter got everything right. The pour provides a rich head, and the golden hue provides a cloud, but iridescent, transparency. They got the taste just right, with notes of grapefruit, orange and pineapple (but not sweet), and hints of a day spent lying under white pines. The citrus in this NEIPA is fresh, engaging with my taste buds and waking up every part of my palate.

 

 

This beer has all the check boxes. Nose is perfectly citrus. Taste has the citrus and piney overtones that give way to nice bitterness. Very good, no GREAT beer!