Karmic Event
Cushwa Brewing Company
- From:
- Cushwa Brewing Company
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #1,688 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #17,015 - Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 10.95%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 25, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 25, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
This beer is very aromatic with notes of lemon lime zest, candied citrus, and light melon. On the palate, the soft mouthfeel is coupled with mandarin orange like fruitiness.
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Reviewed by BJB13 from Maryland
3.34/5 rDev -16.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
3.34/5 rDev -16.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
16 ounce can poured into a tumbler pint glass.
L: Drab pale and opaque/hazy, big antique white head, dense foam has good retention and leaves a small amount of lace.
S: Some light tropical and melon rind aromas, a lot of corn.
T: Like the nose, melon and tropical fruit-like hop flavors, grainy malt, cooked corn.
F: Medium body, a little harsh and prickly at first but mellows out fairly quick becoming soft and creamy.
O: Disappointing, due mostly to the corn character, I've had way better from Cushwa.
Jun 25, 2023L: Drab pale and opaque/hazy, big antique white head, dense foam has good retention and leaves a small amount of lace.
S: Some light tropical and melon rind aromas, a lot of corn.
T: Like the nose, melon and tropical fruit-like hop flavors, grainy malt, cooked corn.
F: Medium body, a little harsh and prickly at first but mellows out fairly quick becoming soft and creamy.
O: Disappointing, due mostly to the corn character, I've had way better from Cushwa.
Reviewed by dbl_delta from Pennsylvania
4.02/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Undated can into pint glass. Pours a murky brownish-orange with a huge fluffy head. Initial impression is muted citrus, peach, and earthiness. Mouthfeel is medium, smooth and surprisingly clean. Finish fades to slightly bitter citrus and a bit of dankness. Overall, not what I expect from a NEIPA but quite enjoyable.
Jun 12, 2023
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.12/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.12/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Cushwa Brewing Co. "Karmic Event"
16 fl. oz. can without production codes or freshness dating.
$3.99 @ State Line Liquors, Elkton, MD
Notes via stream of consciousnes: NEIPA with Azacca, Wakatu, and Amarillo at 7.0% ABV. It's poured a surprisingly murky, and even milky, golden colored body. That's not very attractive. The full head of white foam is nice though, and it's taking a long time to settle. The aroma is also surprisingly limited for it to be labeled as a New England style IPA. It's dull but there are notes of peach, fruity hard candy, and earth and pine. I'm a little hesitant to taste it at this point but here we go... ahhh! It's not yeasty! Beyond that there are no surprises here, it tastes very much like it smells but much fuller and brighter. There's pine and dusty earth right up front with the candy-like fruitiness. I'll call out notes of melon (not sure what kind), orange, peach, mango, papaya, and mild pineapple and grapefruit. There's also a kind of citrus pith/mineralish thing going on. It's not bad by any means, but it's also far from being great. It's a little on the sweeter side but balanced, at least in part by some hop burn, and it finishes with some sweet citrus and earth, pine, and hop resin lingering. In the mouth it's got a great, smooth feel from all of the extra proteins. The head has held up well and there's some very nice lacing left behind. So I don't really know what to say about this beer at this point. I like it, but I feel it's a little sloppy. Or maybe that's OK. The more I drink, the more I like the hop burn, and it doesn't seem as sweetish as it was when I started. That goes towards complexity and I love that. I'm just going to call this one of those you have to taste it for yourself beers.
Review #7,587
Nov 28, 202116 fl. oz. can without production codes or freshness dating.
$3.99 @ State Line Liquors, Elkton, MD
Notes via stream of consciousnes: NEIPA with Azacca, Wakatu, and Amarillo at 7.0% ABV. It's poured a surprisingly murky, and even milky, golden colored body. That's not very attractive. The full head of white foam is nice though, and it's taking a long time to settle. The aroma is also surprisingly limited for it to be labeled as a New England style IPA. It's dull but there are notes of peach, fruity hard candy, and earth and pine. I'm a little hesitant to taste it at this point but here we go... ahhh! It's not yeasty! Beyond that there are no surprises here, it tastes very much like it smells but much fuller and brighter. There's pine and dusty earth right up front with the candy-like fruitiness. I'll call out notes of melon (not sure what kind), orange, peach, mango, papaya, and mild pineapple and grapefruit. There's also a kind of citrus pith/mineralish thing going on. It's not bad by any means, but it's also far from being great. It's a little on the sweeter side but balanced, at least in part by some hop burn, and it finishes with some sweet citrus and earth, pine, and hop resin lingering. In the mouth it's got a great, smooth feel from all of the extra proteins. The head has held up well and there's some very nice lacing left behind. So I don't really know what to say about this beer at this point. I like it, but I feel it's a little sloppy. Or maybe that's OK. The more I drink, the more I like the hop burn, and it doesn't seem as sweetish as it was when I started. That goes towards complexity and I love that. I'm just going to call this one of those you have to taste it for yourself beers.
Review #7,587
Reviewed by brewerburgundy from West Virginia
3.11/5 rDev -22.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.11/5 rDev -22.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
It’s yer super hazy, peachy orange NEIPA with an impressive thick finger of head.
The aroma is a little flaccid like so many in the style. They over promise and under deliver so often. Despite that, a little dank, some peach, pineapple, and tangerine.
Orange juice, a little creamsicle, and hop tingles. Again kind of flaccid.
Soft, a little matte, subdued carbonation because it’s a one day old crawler.
Eh. NEIPAs always promise so much and don’t live up to it for me.
Jun 20, 2020The aroma is a little flaccid like so many in the style. They over promise and under deliver so often. Despite that, a little dank, some peach, pineapple, and tangerine.
Orange juice, a little creamsicle, and hop tingles. Again kind of flaccid.
Soft, a little matte, subdued carbonation because it’s a one day old crawler.
Eh. NEIPAs always promise so much and don’t live up to it for me.
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