Tipsy Dipsy
Slack Tide Brewing Co.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-golden can pour with a slight haze and a nose of tangerine and some grapefruit. The flavor is full with orange and pineapple prominent. The hop bitterness is moderate. The flavor persists in the finish which is slightly dry. The brew is tasty, not too sweet and their is no alcohol heat. I enjoyed these.

Pint on draught at the brewery. It pours a cloudy, straw-gold color with orange hues, and a small cap of bright white head and thin, creamy sheen of lacing. The nose features sweet malt, lemon, lime, faint tangerine, and light floral hops. It's decidedly malt-forward and fairly sweet with notes of vanilla, lemon, and grapefruit. It's single-hopped with Citra that adds bitterness to balance the sweet malt and fruit but without a strong bite. This ale has a rich, creamy mouth feel with moderate carbonation, and the 8% ABV gives it a nice punch. It really goes down easily. Overall, the whole of Tipsy Dipsy exceeds the sum of its parts. This is a delightful English or Southern style malt-forward DIPA.

One to two finger head of plain white foam, some dimpling but while it starts out average its general retention is excellent, wide dabs of lacing which are more than random splotches. Hazy golden color with hardly any visible bubbles, dull yet in keeping with visual expectations. Big, boisterous nose of blood orange, white grapefruit citrus, pine sap, unprocessed grains and damp earth, fully ripened apricot, peach, nectarine fruit, stiffens well at the finish and doesn’t allow that ripeness to soften the texture too much. Full-bodied, cotton ball texture in spite of its general weight. Carbonation is low and tends to not do much to oppose the pillow feather feel. The grassy qualities are well knit into the whole fabric and tease out more white grapefruit notes than might otherwise appear. Honey, molasses to caramelized brown sugar keep it in balance. Milk chocolate, malted milk ball aspect smoothes it out some, general maltiness more evident as it warms. Good heft and generally drinkable but there’s nothing about it that makes you stand up and take note.