System Overload
Halo Brewery

May 10 2024

Dull gold body, hazy, like golden pineapple juice. Capped by a decent size white head that holds for a couple of minutes.
Bright and fresh citrus hops, orange and tangerine, along with sweeter peach and apricot.
Confident and powerfully flavoured, well balanced between fruity hops and light butterscotch malt notes. Silky, full, mouth-coating body, driven by the malt backbone. Stone fruit, apple, pineapple hop notes play along with it. An off dry finish, with whispers of alcohol heat, all flavours lingering and begging for another sip.

Tasty and interesting, a great example of the style. The balance is a bit tipped to the malt side, wouldn't mind a bit more hop character in the taste. All in all, a delicious and approachable example.

 

A-Caramel brown with a hint of orange and a slightly off white head that lingers
S-Lots of malt and honey on the nose with ripe fruit and subtle citrus
M-Medium very resinous mouthfeel that is delightful, this carried the 8.0%ABV well.
T-Malt forward flavours or caramel and honey. Sweet and balanced upfront with a smooth bitterness following up with the alcoholic knock in the head
O-This is a very nice malt forward Imperial IPA. I have to be in the mood for these, and I was...

 

Pours hazy with an off white head that quickly dissipates. Aroma light sweetish (tropical fruit) with grapefruity hop. Huge grapefruit in flavour almost masking underlying malts. Good mouthfeel.

 

 

Look: The beer has a bright and opaque yellow body. It produces a one-finger white head, which ends up being a thin film on the drink with a few small holes. The lacing is there.

Smell: A strong presence of Citra hops is obvious. In fact, the nose has notes of mangos that hides those of the pine woods a little bit.

Taste: The beer tastes like mango, peaches and orange zest. There is a malt backbone on the notes of pine woods, which is light but more bitter than an English IPA.

Feel: The beer is medium-bodied and has few traces of carbonation. Although it begins with a juicy feel, it has a moderately dry finish. Moreover, there is a creamy residue during the finish, which is the malty backbone. There is a little bit of warmth from the alcohol.

Overall: The beer might disappoint those who are expecting a bitter beer. However, I loved it, because of its balanced taste. I will drink it again.

Dangerously crushable DIPA, bottle from the source.Ton of lace and lasting head. Aroma of fruit, and fresh yeast is incredible. Alcohol warming. Piney, resiny stuff.

An all-citra hopped DIPA. Nose is nice and fruity, although it doesn't have the spectacular brightness that citra sometimes brings. Citrus fruits and some tropical scents as well. Flavour is very similar, and again very nice- bright citrus and tropical fruits. Moderately bitter. There is a malt backbone but not as heavy as expected from a DIPA, definitely focused on the hops. I would drink it again for sure.