Lab Fluff
Equilibrium Brewery

A 1 pint can, with no canned on or best before date. Poured into a winebar glass. The can was unfortunately obviously feeling light, and was underfilled by about 10%.

Appearance: A hazy intense orange colour, with a one finger white head that had decent retention, while leaving lots of nice lacing.

Aroma: Juicy, mango, orange creamsicle, cream, marshmallow.

Taste: Juicy and marshmallow sweetness, tropical fruits, mango, guava, orange creamsicle, cream, marshmallow, and a light citrus bitterness on the finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.

Overall: The obvious underfill aside, the aroma and flavours were good, especially the aroma with it’s explosive tropical and creamsicle notes.

Marshmallow immediately up front, followed by the eq juice and hops. Very enjoyable sipper.

Has that marshmallow mouthfeel, but is surprisingly bitter

 

Interesting’to say the least. Enjoyable. Would not buy again though. Good for a one and done. Huge creamsicle aroma, marshmallow hits your palate immediately before fading into a surprisingly bitter lingering finish. Medium bodied, sweet but not overly so. Pale yellow opaque body, nicely lingering lace on the glass.

A: pours up an opaque straw gold with a frothy, three finger white head with mild retention. Nice lacing.
S: Marshmallow and sugar are immediate and dominant on the nose, there are hints of the agressive dry hopping of an NEIPA, but they are understated. You can get a bit of an orange creamsicle vibe as the beer sits.
T: There is a surprising amount of bitterness and citrus up front, the marshmallow is more in the finish, this is not a sweet beer actually. The finish is again, where the candied vibe shows up, but it’s matched by a clean and almost tart bitterness. There’s almost a touch of mint here too.
M: fairly full bodied but surprisingly dry.
O: Disclaimer: Not my style, with that in mind here goes: Seeing that this beer has Marshmallows as a selling point, and the nose leads you to believe that’s exactly what you’re going to get, I think this beer is a bit disappointing. I wanted orange creamsicle on the palate but there’s only really a hint of marshmallow in the finish. Maybe some lactose sugar would have helped? Not bad by any measure but does not live up to the pitch.

 

 

 

Like drinking an orange sickle beer. Strong vanilla and orange on the nose and taste with very little bitterness, so unexpected for the beer to be this good