Rented Luxury
Wild Mind Ales

 

I got a can of this beer off the single shelf from my local beer store just around the corner. It poured a hazy orangish with white head that is leaving a nice lace. The scent had ripe dank fruit notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with tangerine fruit base presence. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it is a solid beer. Th can i had said its canned in Milwaukee.

 

Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on December 4, 2020.

 

 

Very good head production. Decent retention and very nice lacing. Body is hazy as advertised, but not pulpy. No visible sediment.

Super hoppy nose, really bursting from the glass! It's a mixture of bright herbal notes and citrus tones. Mild to moderate dankness, bright Italian herbs, mandarin orange, grapefruit pulp, pepper.

Translates well to the palate, but this is a hop profile that would benefit from a heavier, sweeter malt base; it's just a bit thin, watery, and grainy. Crackery pale malt provides the backbone for a very bright hop presentation: lemon zest, grapefruit pulp, a touch of citrus peel. Low astringency; fairly restrained bitterness, but it's balanced. This is not one of those near-zero IBU haze bombs. Moderate dankness, primarily on the second half, along with a growing bitterness and citrus peel presence.

Hazy? Yes, but the flavor profile is, for my palate, a little bit more of a throwback IPA, if not quite WC. It's a little bit lighter and easier drinking than a traditional WC IPA, but it's not exactly a NE IPA, either (the can, to be fair, simply calls it a "Hazy IPA," not a NE IPA).

Really enjoyable. Clocking in under 7% ABV, what this beer lacks in sweet balance, it gains in super easy drinkability. You could really crush this, if you wanted. This would be a great IPA on tap at, say, a sports bar or restaurant.