Wild Berry Smoothie
Decadent Ales

16 oz can from Tavour. Deep golden with small, soft creamy head. Fruity, grainy aroma. Taste adds some lacto sweetness to the berries, and also renders it creamy. Nice feel.

 

From a year old can > is actually a big (9%), earthy, fruity, slightly creamy NEDIPA. Some med/low hop bitterness in finish.
As it warms a bit, more pale & amber malt come out.
Just an overall light fruitiness left from the berries, but not much from dry-hopping.
Impressive for being this old (canned 7/30/18), & "merely" devolved into DIPA. Will look for more from Decadent.

 

 

 

Pours a hazy goldenrod with plenty of white foam. Smell is light hops with tons of berries, especially blackberry, and slight citrus on the backend. The taste had some breadiness in the base, which on one hand helped reel in the berry sweetness, on the other hand cut into the hops. Still nice execution of vision for the beer. Body is a bit chewy and dry for a hazy ipa.

Pours a very hazy amber with a pinky of cream colored head. Nice lacing & average head retention

S: Berry & citrus

T: follows the nose, tangerine & blueberry, dryness as well up front. Sweet berries, a little orange and dryness as this warms, a whisper of grapefruit as well. Finishes with berry & cotrus sweetness, a little citrus tangyness & some dryness

MF: Medium body, slight carbonation, nice balance

Very drinkable, ABV is well hidden

On draft, Loosa Brews, AL.

Pours looking like a hazy IPA, mango juice color and viscosity. Some creamy head rises to the top and leaves patterned layers of lace around the inside of the glass.

Sweet fruit, strawberry, raspberry, and vanilla nose with an underlying hoppiness that gives a good contrasting balance. No single component is overwhelming, and the increasing vanilla as it warms is a good touch.

More of the same in the flavors.. that underlying but subtle hop bitterness, but a clear predominance of mild tropical fruit, strawberry, raspberry, and citrus. Well balanced, and again increased vanilla makes for a good finish.

Creamy, smooth, medium carbonation and a mild sugary stickiness. Lightly bitter, but juicy. ABV very well masked.

 

 

L: Poured from a tallboy can to a snifter glass. Had a yellow-orange color and a slightly hazy consistency. There was a half inch of foamy, fairly long-lasting head. Pretty good lacing.

S: A sweet and fruity aroma of hops, different types of berries, citrus, and other light fruit.

T: Tasted of a little bit of citrus fruit (orange, perhaps), lots of different berries (strawberries, mostly, some blackberries), and a bit of hops, and tropical fruit (mango). An interesting flavor. It's much more subtle than I expected, with the berries spread out. The strawberries dominate the flavor, but the others are well-represented as well.

F: A good amount of carbonation with a super smooth, yet lively, finish. Light-bodied.

O: A well done, easy to drink beer. Worth a try.

16 oz. Can
Canned On: 09/19/18

Poured into a Trillium glass a pretty nice cloudy pale yellow/orangy color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy one-finger off-white head, which also leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, mango, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries), nice diesel like. The taste is pretty nice hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, mango, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries), pretty nice diesel like, nice little sweetness. Medium body, ABV hidden very nicely, with a nice little dry/bitter finish. Overall, this is a pretty tasty brew. Orange Julius! Addictive! MilkShake! Nice to see it around here, cheaper though.

 

 

Canned 09/20/18

Appearance - Pours hazy and orange in color with an off-white, near finger width head. Fine sediment floating about. Fair retention results in a thin, consistent surface with a decent buildup around the edges. Good lacing with mostly broken webbing and spotting where it breaks off.

Smell - Light berry tartness, vanilla and some hoppy notes of citrus, floral qualities and distant pine.

Taste - Berry notes upfront and throughout, sweet and lightly tart, with lesser notes of citrus and vanilla. Distant pine that comes through a bit more as it warms. Some grapefruit. Finish lingers with berry flavor and mild citrus bitterness.

Mouthfeel - Near full in body with low-to-moderate carbonation. Creamy texture upfront before a dry, warming finish.

Overall - Easily the best of the Decadent 'fruit IPA's' I've had to date. Good balance of the fruity 'smoothie' sweetness with just enough hop punch to let you know it's a hoppy brew. This is the only one I've had to date that I'd buy again.

 

 

 

Poured a golden orange body with minimal head and lace ring. The aroma is basically tropical fruit and sweet berries. Beer is medium-bodied, smooth, a little fluffy/filling and sticky, the hops are minimal and the main flavor is a sweet berry taste with touches of tropical fruit in the background. Clean finish and easy to drink with well-hidden ABV.