WOOO!!
Greater Good Imperial Brewing Company

Canned 3/22/23

 

 

 

 

 

Canned 4/22/21 . A gift from my brother in MA. Thanks, Derek! :)

Hazy yellow, with slight orange tint. Just over one finger of long-lasting white head.

Smell is orange, slight pineapple, light crackery malt, & when swirled, just a hint of a boozy aroma. Slight bitter peach pit aroma from the open can. All-in-all, the aroma is kinda light, given that it's a TNEIPA. Some old-school sweet(ish), resinous, dank piney aroma appears as it warms a bit.

Taste is candied orange rind & candied pineapple. Some resinous pine aftertaste. Slight bitterness.

Feel is juicy and slick. Light, very fine soft carbonation tingle. Slight drying sensation after finish.

Overall, solid, and enjoyable, with no off flavors, even at 8 months old. Not generally a fan of Sabro, but I can count this as the 3rd example containing Sabro, that I've actually liked. Still not convinced triple IPAs are worth the bother, or incontrovertibly better than their DIPA versions. I'd wouldn't mind trying this fresher, so as to further assess that supposition. ; )

This isn't starting off very well. A modest pour of the contents of a pint can produced so much foamy white head, it took a major pause before it all could fit inside a clear glass liter mug. As the head subsided, there was virtually no glass lacing. Underneath all that foam was a murky blond-amber liquid. There's some dry hoppy smell, but there's starchiness as well. Fears are mounting that this had too much wheat in the wort for a good IIPA. It seems to have a little more barley malt to it than anticipated, since there's an continuous sweetness in the taste and the body isn't bad. That might mean oats were also relied upon. Overall, this is mildly disappointing. It's a little too sweet, brings a little too much of a taste of alcohol, which is no great sin for something carrying a 10% ABV and just not complex enough. Some of the really good IIPAs put the taste buds through some changes. This one does not.

Pours a hazy orange with a fluffy persistent head a lot of lacing.

Smells of grassy floral hops along with pineapple and citrus. Tastes of sweet citrus, pineapple and mango. The finish has a slightly bitter boozy warm finish.

Medium body and light carbonation. Smooth lush mouthfeel.

Excellent brew that fruit forward and unbitter to the extent that most anti IPA folks will like this one.

 

Excellent DIPA from Greater Good. Great look- peach with a 5f head.

Strong apricot and peach aroma , which broadens into an array of fruit flavor in the taste.

Very smooth MF. The finish has a slight bitterness with an interesting flavor.

Check it out.

Canned 3/31/21

Fresh off the heels of the first Greater Good beer that actually impressed me (sorry guys), we have yet another. This time a NEIPA sitting at a hefty 10%. Quite the odd blend of hops, but I feel like they will let the malt shine a little more, which I tend to like in these bigger IPAs. Let's give it a go

Pours a hazy radiant yellow with 3 fingers of soapy white head that slowly fades to a cap and leaves decent lacing

This is definitely sweet in the nose, but what the hops are doing it a bit odd, perhaps a product of this can being slightly older. I'm picking up on aromas of caramel malt, orange marmalade, pineapple, garlicky hops, fresh dough, white pepper, and overripe cantaloupe

Well it's a bit odd in taste, but certainly palatable and different than expected for a NEIPA. On the front end of the sip I'm tasting peppery hops, toasted grain, orange juice, pithy grapefruit, and papaya. The swallow brings notes of pithy grapefruit, earthy hops that are just a touch garlicky, bready malt, overripe cantaloupe, and light caramel

A medium full body pairs with mild tingly carbonation, resulting in slick and thick beer. Finishes neutral in terms of dryness with a sweetness that keeps me coming back for more

This one was pretty good if not a bit strange. Not one that I'd necessarily repeat, but I certainly wouldn't turn one down

Poured into a 13 oz Teku glass canned on 4/15/21. Pours a fairly hazy orange with a 2 finger sticky white head that leaves loads of thin lace, with excellent retention. 4.25

Aroma ripe melon, mandarin, peach, apricot, grapefruit rind, and getting some alcohol. 3.75

Taste follows honeydew, peach, mandarin, apricot, grapefruit, and some alcohol hit the palate rather hard. 3.75

Mouthfeel is big, soft carbonation, a tad sticky not dry, and at 10% ABV it goes down easy enough, but the alcohol is very noticeable. 4

Overall this one is pretty good, a tad too sweet and boozy for me. 3.75

 

 

Thanks to Rub_This_BBQ for this one from a box during NBS BIF #13. 16oz can (dated 3/18/21) poured into 12oz tulip. Poured a murky orange color with 2+ inches of white head that had very good retention and no lacing.

The aroma and taste profiles were the same: the typical frooty hops/no grain or malt of the style.

The body was also typical for the style, light-medium, smooth and with a drier than typical finish.

Drinkability was good, but I wasn't left craving another.

Overall, another average murkbomb.

Wooo! from Greater Good Imperial. Received on 9/4/21 from @Rub_This_BBQ in NBW BIF #13. 16 oz can store upside-down at home at 42 degrees. Reviewed 12/4/21. Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Stamped on bottom of can but unable to read. Served at 47 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 54.3 degrees.
Appearance – 4.25.
First pour – Straw (SRM 3), hazily opaque.
Body – Straw (SRM 3), murky and opaque. When rear-lite, same.
Head – Large (Maximum 7.5 cm before overflowing, aggressive center pour), floral white, medium density, excellent retention, diminishing to an eight to twelve mm meringue-like cap and crown. Strands of three-dimensional form an open design on the glass interior. Second pour gives a tight one cm head.
Lacing – Good. A wide partial band of tiny to medium bubbles. Also, see above.
Aroma – 4.25 – Distinctly pineapple with some additional generic tropical fruitiness thrown in. No malt, no yeast.
Flavor – 4 – Begins fruity and slightly sweet with less pineapple than the nose suggests with the follow-up tastes being a bit resiny. No malt, no yeast. No alcohol (10 % ABV, as marked on container) taste or aroma although a marked gastric warming occurs. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl.
Palate – 4 – Full, more juicy than watery or creamy, lively but soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4.25 To date, one of the better NEIPAs I’ve drank. Distinctly fruit juicy, smooth on the palate, good head and lacing. Even the label is well-done.

Hazy, nearly opaque brew the color of mango flesh. Good head production, decent retention, and nice lacing.

While the nose is hoppy, it's not over the top. Tropical juice, a bit of orange, and a modest amount of weedy dankness.

This thing is indeed juicy on the palate; big, creamy, and moderately sweet. Second half of the sip features more dank tones and grassy, herbal notes than the front.