Hazy But Lazy - Peach
Mirror Twin Brewing

Apparently ordered with extra pulp, the always cloudy beer that has become Mirror Twin's flagship New England styled IPA, Hazy But Lazy gets to work by employing copious amounts of peaches to the kettle for a fruitiness that tilts more decidedly toward the pitted orchard fruit wile picking up the solids to boot.

Hazy But Lazy with Peaches comes with the vegemite rich visual texture of truly macerated fruit. Its short froth pops on the nose to deliver a mouthwatering collection of fruit aromas. Peaches obviously lead, but the radiance of citrus, tropical fruit, berry and herb dance on the olfactory senses. Retaining the pastry sweet taste of honey and dough as the original, a taste of peach cobbler comes seemingly in an alcoholic smoothie form.

As the malts roll gently along the middle palate, its fruit flavors only intensify. Playing on the tastebuds with more of a tangerine, mandarin orange or blood orange flavor, aspects of cantaloup, mango, apricot and papaya swoon the senses as convincingly as the tangy and tart peach additions. Trending lightly bitter on the late palate, the flavors shift from fruit sherbet and toward a peppery black tea laced with blueberry and blackcurrant.

Medium bodied but feeling richer due to the beer's low lying carbonation, a pep of gin-like spice decorates the finish while the hop bitterness trends herbal with chive, geranium and tea leaf into a medium length afterglow.