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Straight-up Orange Julius color with a finger-and-a-half of antique white head. Good retention and heavy lacing.

Peppery pine, orange and cream in the nose.

The taste is a bit sweeter up front — I’m getting flashes of strawberry, papaya, orange juice, ruby red grapefruit, pineapple — with some cream mid-palate and a piney, mildly bitter finish.

Creamy and full bodied feel with moderate carbonation.

A really great, all-around New England-DIPA. The pine and fruit balance is very enjoyable.

 

16 FL OZ can
Served in a HOMES glass

This beer pours a turbid, dirty orange color. It is topped with an inch of tan head that leaves spotty lacing.

The smell is citrus and tropical fruit. Nothing over the top.

The taste is citrus with light pine. It is earthy.

Full bodied with a creamy mouthfeel

This is a good beer but not my favorite IPA from HOMES.

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 6/27/2019. Pours opaquely hazy deep golden/orange/amber color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas big mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, red apple, cherry, strawberry, blueberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of huge mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, red apple, cherry, strawberry, blueberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, red apple, cherry, strawberry, blueberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with and awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8%. Overall this is a fantastic NEDIPA. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV with the modestely bitter/resinous/drying finish; nicely soft, and not aggressive. Amazing Mi Copper, Mosaic profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a perfectly balanced wheat/oat/malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example as expected.

 

 

 

 

Pale orange haze in the glass, medium head dissipates quickly, nice lacing. Smells citrusy, tart passionfruit, OJ, such a juice bomb, huge citrusy orange and lemon, slightly puckering passionfruit, dank earthiness, smooth, creamy, a bit thin, very drinkable. Great beer. Gets ever been with some mellowing in the can, better at 9 weeks than day 1.