Luponic Rhapsody
Parkersburg Brewing Company

5/7/22

This one pours a fairly hazy golden yellow color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells like citrus rind, malt, grapefruit pith, and grassy bitterness.

This doesn’t feel particularly NE-style IPA-adjacent, but it’s not all that bad anyway. It’s maybe a little bit astringent and a little bit malty, but the sweet and dank grapefruit almost mimosa like flavor is not too bad.

This is light bodied, crisp, with a lingering bitterness, and a decent enough drinkability.

Didn’t expect to find much to like in this one, but it honestly wasn’t too bad.

A: Pours a hazy pale to medium golden yellow in color with slightly heavier than moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate apricot + bright yellow + pale orange colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense sudsy foamy off-white head that slowly reduces to a medium sized patch of thick film covering a little less than 50% of the surface of the beer surrounded by a large patch of mottled very thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate to significant amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of citrus/grapefruit + citrus/grapefruit pith + citrus/grapefruit zest hops along with light floral hops. There are moderate aromas of biscuit + lightly toasted + caramel malts with a light to moderate amount of caramel + sugary sweetness.

T: Upfront there are moderate flavors of biscuit + lightly toasted + caramel malts with a light to moderate amount of caramel + sugary sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of citrus/grapefruit + citrus/grapefruit pith + citrus/grapefruit zest hops along with light floral hops which impart a slightly heavier than light amount of bitterness which fades away leaving lingering grapefruit citrus flavors.

M: Light to medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly crisp with a light amount of soft/fluffiness mid-body and a light amount of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a pleasant enough mouthfeel though not the creamy soft/fluffiness that I have come to expect from NEIPAs. Enjoyable but definitely grapefruit citrus heavy for the flavors and aromas.

12oz can into a tall glass. NO freshness dating, just an unhelpful batch #. No info on brewery website.

Looks very good in the glass. Hazy pineapple yellow body. Fluffy white head persists in solid form throughout leaving excellent lacing.

Aroma is citrus, but it's pretty dull and muted.

On tasting, a pretty strong grapefruit hit. A bit livelier in the mouth than usual for the style. Sweet malt and sugar additive is detectable.

Mouth tingly and between medium and full, finish a lasting grapefruit bitterness.

Overall, comes off as a NE/WC hybrid. Decent enough beer, liked it.

Taster at brewery. Hazy golden, realtively flat pour. Citrusy aroma, fruity, sweet, light floral notes. Taste is citrus peel, sweet, zesty, almost juicy.

12oz can poured into a tulip

A- pours almost clear with just a slight haze, yellow in color with a one-finger foamy white head that has good retention

S- piney and citrus hops on the nose with aromas of grapefruit zest, tangerine and a hint of grass. Toasted malt undertones adds some crackers and bread

T- citrusy hops lead the way with notes of zesty grapefruit and pithy orange, followed by some lemon and grassy undertones. The finish gives clean toasted malt with more citrus zest on the linger

M- medium body with medium carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel that continues into a crisp finish

O- an enjoyable IPA, but drinks like a textbook WC style IPA. It doesn't have any of the 'juicy' flavors that we've come to expect from a NEIPA.