Gong Theory
Benchtop Brewing Company
- From:
- Benchtop Brewing Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.97 | pDev: 3.27%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 06, 2025
- Added:
- Jun 16, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by teromous from Virginia
3.86/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I don't see a date listed on the can or label.
Appearance: The body is a milky light-straw color that is completely opaque. It has a medium-sized head with a tapioca-like surface with very good retention. It has some nice sheets of lacing. It looks perfect in the glass.
Aroma: It has a strong aromatic presence of grapefruit and freshly cut pineapple.
Taste: Up front it has a strong guava flavor with some pineapple. Towards the middle the flavors take on a slightly grassy character with a touch of alcohol but maintain a pleasant pineapple skin flavor. The aftertaste is pineapple skin and a touch of clover character. The more the beer is consumed the more the alcohol comes through.
Mouthfeel: It is smooth and easy to drink with only a very, very slight bit of grassy bitterness. The beer is very easy to drink.
Overall: The can states that this is "MADE WITH BARLEY MALT PILSNER MALT WHITE WHEAT MALT FLAKED WHEAT TRITICALE MALT CITRA HOPS MOSAIC HOPS." The can also states that this is a "INDIA PALE ALE" which it is clearly a New England Style IPA. As a New England Style IPA it works very well and has a lot of tropical flavors while only having just a tad of grassy character, which also comes across as clover when drinking the beer. There is a bit of an alcohol character that also comes through, but it makes itself more present the more the beer is enjoyed. The can states that this is "6.5% ABV" and at that ABV it really shouldn't be standing out so much. As a whole the beer is still very enjoyable but it isn't flawless. I would definitely put it on a list of beers to re-buy from the brewery and it would be near the top when it comes to beers I would recommend from them. It is a winner in my book.
Mar 06, 2022Appearance: The body is a milky light-straw color that is completely opaque. It has a medium-sized head with a tapioca-like surface with very good retention. It has some nice sheets of lacing. It looks perfect in the glass.
Aroma: It has a strong aromatic presence of grapefruit and freshly cut pineapple.
Taste: Up front it has a strong guava flavor with some pineapple. Towards the middle the flavors take on a slightly grassy character with a touch of alcohol but maintain a pleasant pineapple skin flavor. The aftertaste is pineapple skin and a touch of clover character. The more the beer is consumed the more the alcohol comes through.
Mouthfeel: It is smooth and easy to drink with only a very, very slight bit of grassy bitterness. The beer is very easy to drink.
Overall: The can states that this is "MADE WITH BARLEY MALT PILSNER MALT WHITE WHEAT MALT FLAKED WHEAT TRITICALE MALT CITRA HOPS MOSAIC HOPS." The can also states that this is a "INDIA PALE ALE" which it is clearly a New England Style IPA. As a New England Style IPA it works very well and has a lot of tropical flavors while only having just a tad of grassy character, which also comes across as clover when drinking the beer. There is a bit of an alcohol character that also comes through, but it makes itself more present the more the beer is enjoyed. The can states that this is "6.5% ABV" and at that ABV it really shouldn't be standing out so much. As a whole the beer is still very enjoyable but it isn't flawless. I would definitely put it on a list of beers to re-buy from the brewery and it would be near the top when it comes to beers I would recommend from them. It is a winner in my book.
Reviewed by BergBeer from California
4/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Look: Turbid orange juice with a thin white head. Opaque.
Smell: Dank green mango, papaya, fresh cut grass, and peaches. All hops.
Taste: Juicy. Notes of peach, mango, lychee, floral bitterness, and dried apricot. There is a hint of golden malt and some oats. Just a slight hop burn.
Feel: Creamy and smooth. Soft carbonation. Dry on the finish. Standard for the NEIPA style.
Overall: A Juicy if standard New England style IPA. Doesn’t reach the heights of the best of the style but is solid all around. The best NEIPA I’ve had from benchtop so far.
Jun 16, 2018Smell: Dank green mango, papaya, fresh cut grass, and peaches. All hops.
Taste: Juicy. Notes of peach, mango, lychee, floral bitterness, and dried apricot. There is a hint of golden malt and some oats. Just a slight hop burn.
Feel: Creamy and smooth. Soft carbonation. Dry on the finish. Standard for the NEIPA style.
Overall: A Juicy if standard New England style IPA. Doesn’t reach the heights of the best of the style but is solid all around. The best NEIPA I’ve had from benchtop so far.
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