Stratospheric Clouds
Spindletap Brewery

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Pours a very cloudy opaque golden color with a thin foamy head. Retention is minimal. Lacing is decent. Has a tropical mango and somewhat peppery aroma. The taste pretty much follows suit with very mild tangerine. Light to medium bodied with mild to moderate carbonation.

 

 

 

Purchased a four pack at the brewery about a week and half ago with the cans dated mid August, so the beer has some age on it. Still, a very nice NEIPA.

Poured into a tulip glass. Slightly murky yellow color with fluffy white head and good curtain lacing. Smell and taste of mango, tangerine, and pineapple. Nice level of sweetness and bitterness. Nice smooth feel. Maybe sometime have on draft.

A: The beer is very hazy to cloudy pale whitish yellow in color. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that left a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface, a collar around the edge, and lots of lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of grapefruit are present in the nose along with notes of melon.
T: The taste follows the smell, except that the grapefruit flavors are more subdued and there are additional hints of pine and strawberry. There is a light to moderate amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and a little juicy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer seems like a hybrid between an American IPA and a New England IPA.

Serving type: can

Hazy dull golden with a thick white head, looks great here. Potent sweet and hoppy fruit based scent is quite nice. Tasty oh yea, fruity and resinous and not completely sweet but even enough to really work here. Low residual bite on the end. Creamy feel. Well appointed and about the best IPA I’ve had in the last bit.

Very cloudy straw appearance with nice white head that dissipates slowly. Aroma is a pleasant citrus. Taste is a milder than expected citrus with a good texture.

A pretty good juicy IPA. It's a bit too sticky resin for my tastes, but well done regardless.

 

 

 

Poured from 16oz can into a dimpled mug. Canned 8/19/21, so just a month old.

Appearance: extremely murky yellow hue with a thin finger of frothy ivory foam. It looks good.

Smell: the aroma of orange juice hit me the second I opened the can. Up close, the aroma has lots of orange as well as a citrus rind quality that adds a bit of bite to the juicy character. Really good.

Taste: quite juicy and rather sweet, with more of that rind-ey character. It's really good, although what bitterness there is is a bit on the raspy side.

Mouthfeel: medium-rich body with a good level of carbonation and creaminess.

Overall: I like this beer a lot; it's got that classic OJ flavor that I love in the style, but I think the character of the bitterness is something that negatively impacts drinkability for me. So, I'm really enjoying it, but I wouldn't have two in a row.