I'll Die On This Hill
Troon Brewing

Canned 5 days ago.

L — Intensely opaque, milky, turbid yellow/tan body with a scant finger of off-white head produced with moderate pour. Minimal retention but good lacing. The carb seems quite low on this one, maybe because of the crowler-style canning. I swear the glass feels noticeably heavier than most beers just because of all the hop particulate in suspension
S — Mango, guava, papaya, grapefruit sorbet, peppermint, white grape, white peach, and a noticeable gristy/biscuity character from the pale malt profile. It’s your standard, well-executed NEIPA aroma but turned up a notch
T — 5 days after canning and 2 days unrefrigerated in transit and this is still tasting very green. Getting a decent amount of unripe pineapple, orange pith, juicy fruit bubblegum, but also a decent amount of spicy/bitter hop burn. Not sure what to make of this
F — You can really feel the grittiness of the hop particulate. Even thicker than Fidens
O — Fun to finally try something from these guys after seeing them pop up all the time in raffles for ridiculous secondary valuations for hoppy beer (currently $60-$80 for a 32oz crowler). Definitely not worth that markup, but it’s fun to try something of this intensity that still has a certain “soul” to it, unlike the overhopped messes that other prominent NEIPA brewers have put out

86/100