Juice Caboose
Westbound & Down Brewing Company

L- all the vague turbid haze that is the craze, but nothing distinctive. There's a soap-like foam quality to the head that is ... interesting, but OK.
S - Hmm.... weird baked good/alpha acids and scents off this. Like burnt citrus/foam? Strange. A little mango/mellower citric element as it warms, but not thrilled.
T - If there's such thing as a ghost haze beer, this is pretty close. At 7.2% - this should have more taste, more profile. Nothing like Double Juice Caboose (which I thought was very good).
M/F - good, a little prickly, maybe too underdone, green, raw... not very balanced. Some people will like that in that it gives a false impression of being super-fresh. Not sure this works.
O - one of the weaker CO Haze efforts I've tried. I'll drink them, but this gets lost in the murky crowd.

 

Poured from 16oz can into my 8th Wonder chalice. Canned 7/15/25.

Appearance: medium golden-orange hue with a moderate haze for the style and a thick cap of frothy ivory foam.

Smell: sweetish malt with an initially tangy fruity aroma; there's kind of a slightly sharp passionfruit/pineapple thing going on here. Not entirely cleanly executed, but not bad.

Taste: sweet with a passionfruit character that ultimately reads as kind of cloying. It's not bad, but it's not entirely working for me.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a good carbonation and a nice creaminess.

Overall: not the worst beer out there, but below the standards for a good hazy.

Draft at The Barrel, Estes Park. Poured a cloudy, golden orange color with a small, white head of foam. It left sudsy lacing. It smelled of orange, grapefruit, guava and resin. Sweet fruity taste with toasted caramel and a sharp, piney bite.

 

 

 

 

L: Pours a hazy lemon juice yellow with a foamy medium white head and nice rings of lacing around the glass.

S: Fresh and sweet tropical fruit, lemon orange, grapefruit pineapple, all add up to a pleasantly sweet nose.

T: Sweet grapefruit, pineapple, lemon, notes of guava, a very nicely balanced sweetness and great hazy IPA.

F: Medium body, creamy smooth carb

O: Super enjoyable hazy IPA.

Pours a hazy golden orange with two fingers of foamy head that slowly dissipates to a thin ring with little lacing. Aroma of pineapple and citrus. Taste follows nose.

Canned on: 1-23-24
Many thanks to Knapp85 for this can.

A - Pours an opaque hazy medium golden orange with very dense white, creamy foam resting on top.

S - Tropical fruit, mango, pineapple, citrus, and tropical fruit. Overall aroma is juicy.

T - All fruitiness from start to finish. Mango, pineapple, citrus, tropical fruit, grapefruit, and citrus while ending on the sweeter, fruity side.

M - Medium body that's pillowy soft, and chewy.

O - A solid NE Style IPA, would love to try the Imperial version of this.

 

16 oz draft at Parry's Highland Ranch, very very good beer

 

 

 

Somehow I hadn't ever tried anything from this brewery, despite their success in my area. After having a run of generic NE IPAs lately, I wasn't thinking it would stand out much, but it did. It's juicy for sure, but not too chewy like some tend to be. Good hop flavor but not overwhelmingly bitter or piney, more along the lines of a glass of orange juice, as you'd expect with this style. Well made.

 

16oz canned 9-28-21. Opened 11-13-21.
2 finger white head of dense foam with excellent retention.
Fully opaque orange-golden IPA. Thick, sticky lacing.
Nose full of orange and pineapple juice. Creamy malt aroma under the hops.
A little more of a sharp tropical character (passion fruit) midway through.
Citrus peel and juice plus some nice pineapple and assorted other tropical type flavors.
Full body, soft mouthfeel and low bitterness. Juicy finish that manages to end up dry.
Outstanding.