Emissary
Hudson Valley Brewery
- From:
- Hudson Valley Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Fruited Sour Ale
Ranked #146 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #8,277 - Avg:
- 4.16 | pDev: 8.41%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 18, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 24, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Sour IPA with raw wheat, flaked & malted oat, milk sugar, vanilla & orange peel; hopped w/ Citra & Azacca.
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Reviewed by hops_for_thought from New York
4.24/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a can (no date I could find) into a Teku
L: pours a completely opaque orange/yellow, bit more muted but not dark, with a very thick and dense white head. Fades after a few minutes
S: tart fruit aroma upfront, with a bit of a creamy candied orange sweetness right behind. Orange, tangerine, vanilla beans, cream - getting that orange/cream hard candy vibe, can’t remember what those are called
T: follows the nose very well - delicious and tart fruit with a rich and fairly sweet vanilla/cream note. Get orange peel, orange juice, orange slices - just a bunch of orange really. Nice tart flavor, citrusy bitterness - the vanilla provides nice depth, a bit of that fruit and cream character. Like some Tropicana with vanilla beans thrown it. Finish is a continuation of that citrusy bitterness and vanilla
F: medium+ body, medium carbonation, nicely drying
O: great sour IPA - delivers across the board. Nothing super special in the flavor department, but think it definitely hit the notes I expected
May 07, 2021L: pours a completely opaque orange/yellow, bit more muted but not dark, with a very thick and dense white head. Fades after a few minutes
S: tart fruit aroma upfront, with a bit of a creamy candied orange sweetness right behind. Orange, tangerine, vanilla beans, cream - getting that orange/cream hard candy vibe, can’t remember what those are called
T: follows the nose very well - delicious and tart fruit with a rich and fairly sweet vanilla/cream note. Get orange peel, orange juice, orange slices - just a bunch of orange really. Nice tart flavor, citrusy bitterness - the vanilla provides nice depth, a bit of that fruit and cream character. Like some Tropicana with vanilla beans thrown it. Finish is a continuation of that citrusy bitterness and vanilla
F: medium+ body, medium carbonation, nicely drying
O: great sour IPA - delivers across the board. Nothing super special in the flavor department, but think it definitely hit the notes I expected
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