Best Wishes
Benchtop Brewing Company
- From:
- Benchtop Brewing Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 2.51%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 27, 2026
- Added:
- May 10, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by VABA from Virginia
4.15/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours a hazy golden color with a nice head and lacing
Aroma has tropical and citrus hints
Taste has a tropical and citrus flavor
A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
A good NEIPA
Jun 18, 2024Aroma has tropical and citrus hints
Taste has a tropical and citrus flavor
A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
A good NEIPA
Reviewed by teromous from Virginia
3.95/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
I don't see a date listed on the bottom of the can or the label.
Appearance: The body has a jello-type semi-opaqueness with a canned pineapple yellow color. The head is medium-short sized, white, and has a mix of medium and small bubbles. It has good retention.
Aroma: It smells like pineapples, mango, papaya, and a bit of tangerine. It smells a lot like a fruit cup.
Taste: Up front it tastes like peach ring gummies. There is a light bit of hop bine oil flavor up front too. Towards the middle that hop character amplifies much more. There is a bit of pineapple and crushed grain in the middle as well, with just a touch of rye bread tangy character. The back of the palate has a bit of honeydew melon flavor mixed with fresh pineapple.
Mouthfeel: It is a medium-light bodied beer with a slight grassy bitterness and just a light touch of hop burn. It feels a bit watery. As a whole it still feels better than most of what's available on the standard market.
Overall: It's a great beer that is highly competitive against most of the top-tier New England IPAs. There is a bit of quirkiness with the mouthfeel when it comes to some grassy character and a light hop burn but it is still better than most of what is available. There is a blending that takes place in this beer between the aroma and the palate which sort-of melds everything together into a pleasant cohesiveness. The can states that this is "MADE WITH BARLEY MALT WHEAT MALT FLAKED OATS FLAKED WHEAT CITRA HOPS CASHMERE HOPS ENGLISH YEAST." It definitely feels well made and cared for when it comes to the balance of ingredients and how they are presented on the palate, but it is not quite perfected yet. I would definitely buy this beer again as a 4-pack or a growler, and I would recommend buying it. Against some of the other Benchtop beers this is one of the better ones too.
Jun 18, 2021Appearance: The body has a jello-type semi-opaqueness with a canned pineapple yellow color. The head is medium-short sized, white, and has a mix of medium and small bubbles. It has good retention.
Aroma: It smells like pineapples, mango, papaya, and a bit of tangerine. It smells a lot like a fruit cup.
Taste: Up front it tastes like peach ring gummies. There is a light bit of hop bine oil flavor up front too. Towards the middle that hop character amplifies much more. There is a bit of pineapple and crushed grain in the middle as well, with just a touch of rye bread tangy character. The back of the palate has a bit of honeydew melon flavor mixed with fresh pineapple.
Mouthfeel: It is a medium-light bodied beer with a slight grassy bitterness and just a light touch of hop burn. It feels a bit watery. As a whole it still feels better than most of what's available on the standard market.
Overall: It's a great beer that is highly competitive against most of the top-tier New England IPAs. There is a bit of quirkiness with the mouthfeel when it comes to some grassy character and a light hop burn but it is still better than most of what is available. There is a blending that takes place in this beer between the aroma and the palate which sort-of melds everything together into a pleasant cohesiveness. The can states that this is "MADE WITH BARLEY MALT WHEAT MALT FLAKED OATS FLAKED WHEAT CITRA HOPS CASHMERE HOPS ENGLISH YEAST." It definitely feels well made and cared for when it comes to the balance of ingredients and how they are presented on the palate, but it is not quite perfected yet. I would definitely buy this beer again as a 4-pack or a growler, and I would recommend buying it. Against some of the other Benchtop beers this is one of the better ones too.
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.9/5 rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Crowler filled 5/8/21; drank the same day @ Greta's.
Opaque orange appearance.
A small bright white head; frothy lace.
Orange citrus, mild wheat & faint table sugar notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Orange soda & faint wheat flavors.
Smelled better than it tasted; not one I'll return to.
May 10, 2021Opaque orange appearance.
A small bright white head; frothy lace.
Orange citrus, mild wheat & faint table sugar notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Orange soda & faint wheat flavors.
Smelled better than it tasted; not one I'll return to.
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