Sunface
Bow & Arrow Brewing Co.
- From:
- Bow & Arrow Brewing Co.
- New Mexico, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.32 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 25, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 24, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by vurt from Oregon
3.32/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.32/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
16-ounce can purchased at Wildwood Taphouse, Hillsboro, OR. Couldn't find a date stamp anywhere on the can. Enjoyed in a nonic half-pint glass.
Look:
It's a hazy IPA! The opaque body is a vivid orange-gold. The head is chalk white, a bit loose, and fluffy looking. It disperses quickly and leaves a few scraps of lacing.
Smell:
It's a witbier! Coriander flies out of the glass first, pungent and spicy. It is followed by sweet orange, some wheat cereal funk, and a sharp note of orange peel.
Taste:
It's a witbier! With an absurd amount of coriander! There's also a good amount of orange peel and warm bread flavors up front, followed by a delicious anise note in the middle. When I reach the finish...It's a hazy IPA! Tons of orange marmalade, a hefty hit of grapefruit, and a tongue-coating resiny bitterness.
Feel:
It's a hazy IPA! Medium-bodied with moderate carbonation that's good for an IPA but would be harsh and obtrusive in a witbier. Similarly, the mouthfeel is too heavy for a witbier, and heavier than I like in a clear IPA, but it seems just right for a hazy.
Overall:
Is it a witbier or a hazy IPA? It's...a white IPA! I haven't had a lot of these (it's always been a pretty rare style), but the ones I've tried ended up coming across like a too-hoppy wit or an IPA with some token wheat in the grist. Sunface, on the other hand, really seems to nail the White IPA concept. The citrus and unfiltered characteristics of a hazy IPA pair well with the wheat and spices of the witbier side. The coriander does a good job of making up for the lack of Belgian yeast.
Very interesting beer. I don't love it, but conceptually I think it accomplishes what it set out to do better than pretty much any other "White IPA" I've ever tried. I'd like it more if the orange and alcohol were dialed back a bit, and the comical levels of coriander were pulled back a LOT.
Jun 25, 2023Look:
It's a hazy IPA! The opaque body is a vivid orange-gold. The head is chalk white, a bit loose, and fluffy looking. It disperses quickly and leaves a few scraps of lacing.
Smell:
It's a witbier! Coriander flies out of the glass first, pungent and spicy. It is followed by sweet orange, some wheat cereal funk, and a sharp note of orange peel.
Taste:
It's a witbier! With an absurd amount of coriander! There's also a good amount of orange peel and warm bread flavors up front, followed by a delicious anise note in the middle. When I reach the finish...It's a hazy IPA! Tons of orange marmalade, a hefty hit of grapefruit, and a tongue-coating resiny bitterness.
Feel:
It's a hazy IPA! Medium-bodied with moderate carbonation that's good for an IPA but would be harsh and obtrusive in a witbier. Similarly, the mouthfeel is too heavy for a witbier, and heavier than I like in a clear IPA, but it seems just right for a hazy.
Overall:
Is it a witbier or a hazy IPA? It's...a white IPA! I haven't had a lot of these (it's always been a pretty rare style), but the ones I've tried ended up coming across like a too-hoppy wit or an IPA with some token wheat in the grist. Sunface, on the other hand, really seems to nail the White IPA concept. The citrus and unfiltered characteristics of a hazy IPA pair well with the wheat and spices of the witbier side. The coriander does a good job of making up for the lack of Belgian yeast.
Very interesting beer. I don't love it, but conceptually I think it accomplishes what it set out to do better than pretty much any other "White IPA" I've ever tried. I'd like it more if the orange and alcohol were dialed back a bit, and the comical levels of coriander were pulled back a LOT.
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