Shower Thoughts
Old Irving Brewing Co.

 

 

 

Poured from a pint can acquired at the brewery. (Off topic, but bone to pick: grabbed a four-pack of Beezer at the brewery that was 2.5 months old. What's that all about? Didn't realize til I got home.) Pour is a cloudy orange juice. Smell is ripe citrus. Taste has a plasticity to it, like inflating a pool floatie. Can't quite place it, though I also often taste aluminum in canned beers when theoretically I oughtn't. Aftertaste is acidic.

 

Poured into a 13 oz Nordic pint glass canned on 6/7/21. Pours a very hazy and attractive yellow orange with a half finger sticky white head that leaves a thick wall of lace with excellent retention. 4.5

Aroma peach, papaya, mandarin, a hint of mint, apricot, and grapefruit rind. 4

Taste follows peach, papaya, mandarin, apricot, grapefruit, and again just a little tickle of mint. 4

Mouthfeel is above average, not sticky or dry, soft creamy carbonation, and at 8% it goes down really easy. 4.75

Overall this is a really tasty and slightly different NEDIPA. This is nice. 4.25

Went through my picture file to determine I bought this May 9, so this is 3 to 4 months old. Right now, it is just about juice. But it is very tasty juice. A lot of orange and lemon notes. Creamy, full-bodied, not bad for a beer with some age on it that he would think would fade. If I saw it again, I would buy it.

 

 

 

 

Pours a very opaque muddy orange with a slow, building head that stays around. Way more bitter than expected, and a little boozy which makes sense for a dipa. The hops are a bit biting, with an odd aftertaste. Not my favorite, or even close.

 

Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a 64 oz growler on January 13, 2019. Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on April 12, 2020. Double dry-hopped double IPA brewed with Citra, Motueka and Columbus. Nice floral aroma. Much better batch the second time around.