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Greater Good Imperial Brewing Company

Golden color and nearly clear. Minor head that dissipates to rim bubbles and leaves no lace after the two first sips.

Floral hop with an equally notable pale malt.

The taste is similar but with a stronger earthy presence. Decent body with a muted carbonation. There’s some definitive alcohol warmth, particularly in the swallow. The finish has some white pepper bite although the aftertaste is relatively short.

 

Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a lightly hazy orange-yellow color with a small dense head of white foam. The head fades slowly over time, leaving a good sum of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is quite heavy of a tropical fruit smell of papaya and mango, along with some smells of pineapple, tangerine, and peach. Along with these smells comes a sizable aroma of grapefruit juice and rind as well as notes of pine and herb. There are also some light notes of pepper and cracker malt, producing a rather pleasant smell overall.
Taste – The taste starts out with a nice mix of a cracker and bready malt paired with a whole lot of fruit. There is a strong showing of tangerine and grapefruit juice hop, as well as lots of grapefruit rind, papaya, and some orange juice. There is also a bit of pine and herb, but these are quite light and remain so throughout the taste. The sweet gets even more potent as the taste moves on and is joined by some more breadiness. There is a touch of melon and apricot that join in the end, leaving one with a nice rich and big juicy taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is medium in thickness and creaminess with a moderate carbonation level. The feel is great for the sweeter and fruity tastes, mixed with the crisper malt and the moderately higher (8 %) abv.
Overall – A quite enjoyable, citrus heavy, and very fruit juice heavy IPA with a fantastic and more crisp drinkability. Quite nice.

 

The pour of the entire contents of a pint can into a clear Imperial pint glass gives opportunity to observe a dark amber brew. It has a nice, just off-white head on top. The aroma is juicy-like hoppy and malty, too. The taste is dryer and more sharply bitter than the nose indicated. But, that's a good thing because its sharpness makes this a very pleasurable drink. The body is just a little malt needy to make this a great one. Yet, the sharp hoppy bite, the dry finish and an average, but not outstanding body that carries the ABV nicely, make this a winner.

 

Pours a hazy amber with a small fluffy head and a lot of lacing.

Smells of slightly dank grassy hops.

Tastes hop-forward with slightly tart grapefruit and a bit of pineapple following. There is a lightly bitter finish.

Medium light body with light carbonation. Clean dry mouthfeel.

This IPA is more hoppy bitter and tart than the others I have tasted from this brewery. It is not overly so and very drinkable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poured from a 16 oz can into a Dogfish Head tulip

L: Cloudy golden pour with big fluffy white head. Great retention and lacing.

S: Grapefruit and pine. Dank hops and tropicals.

T.F: Citrus... with some malt sweetness before the bitter grapefruit rind and tangerine kick in. Lighter tropical fruits mingled with pine and resin. Kind of a New England IPA given a kiss on the cheek with some west coast bite. A little spice/pepper. Medium bodied and creamy mouthfeel.

O: Overall a solid Imperial IPA. Good flavor and drinkability. I like that it has some bite to it.

 

 

,Aroma of hops greets the nose. pours an opaque yellow color. Big hoppy flavor with a minimal head. Hops rule the roost here with a substantial malt backbone to balance things out. Very good though no compelling reason to revisit it.

On tap at The Fix

Can to tulip.
The appearance was a nice looking dark bronzed burnt orange to copper color with a sly transparency about it. Quickly falling off little white foamy head. Just a wisp of concave lace.
The aroma had some citrus bittersweet hop particles running through some toffee malts.
The flavor pretty much leans into the bittersweet blend of citrusy hops to toffee malts. Dry aftertaste of citrus rind-like hops.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair sipping strategy about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate. Dry bitter finish of resinous to citrusy bitterness.
Overall, pretty good DIPA I'd come back to.