Only Shallow
Whiplash Brewing

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From:
Whiplash Brewing
 
Ireland
Style:
Hazy IPA
ABV:
6.8%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
4.18 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 29, 2024
Added:
Jan 29, 2024
Wants:
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Gots:
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In collaboration with The Garden Brewery, Croatia

It had to be a big, hoppy banger when brewing with these lads! El Dorado, Centennial, Idaho 7 and Columbus all featured, with lots of stone fruit notes and a touch of that dank.
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Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York

4.18/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Milky canary yellow with crusty, ringing snow white foam; lemon granata, sage, and apricot skin on the nose; shortbread then lemon zest, a touch of cat, basil oil, donut peaches, slight dank, and a grassy end; creamy, lt-med, bitter.

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El Dorado, Centennial, Idaho 7 and Columbus

That strangest of creatures: the archetypical NEIPA without any tropical notes.
Instead you get herbal, twiggy NeoMex (I7), pine forest dank (Columbus), deep citrus (Centennial) and a high, tart fruity note, like watermelon rind, which El Dorado can bring. This is an overly simplistic hop map, but the point is it’s not the usual grapefruit-and-mango Citra-Mosaic two step, or even the tangerine-cantaloupe-apricot combo I’m seeing a lot lately. WL gets maximum yield and interesting layers out of some not uncommon hops.
All the usual canonical NEIPA characteristics apply - pillowy body, stone fruit esters, salty water - though I’d like it to end a bit fluffier + sweeter.
I’m a fan of Garden, too; this pair know to brew with precision.

A drinkable yet engaging hazy that shows Whiplash still have a few tricks up their sleeve.
Jan 29, 2024