Triple Dry-Hopped Hazy IIPA - Version 6
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Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on August 14, 2019. New England style double IPA with three stages of dry hopping using Citra, Mosaic, and Sabro.

Can. White head. Lace. Hazy golden orange color.

Triple dry hopped? Such a gimmick. This doesn't taste any different than a DDH iipa. Obviously had to buy a single, but glad I didn't buy a 4 pack. It's another good beer from two great breweries, but let's be real... when do they stop? Quadruple dry hopped is next and it's $8 a can. Melon, mango, and grapefruit citrus. Really nice fruits here. Earthy and some bitterness. The abv shows a little bit as well.

Decent head production; OK retention. Body is indeed hazy, with a mango-colored hue. Some particulate out of suspension, but it doesn't become unattractive until the brew has had some time to sit in the glass, at which point it starts to clump together into moderate sized chunks. Deeply translucent but not quite opaque, allowing only shadows to penetrate the body.

One thing comes to mind on the nose: JUICY! Immediately upon opening the can, continuing through the pour, and finally in the glass, this is a juicy brew. Some bright herbal notes, very restrained dankness, peppered cracker, mint, citrus, white grape, and tropical tones. Very suggestive of a few specific hop varietals.

Definitely soft on the palate, with adequate liveliness. Sweet juicy tones, really like drinking a thin mango-orange-pineapple-banana smoothie (but emphasis on the thin). Only a slight bite of bitterness on the front, quickly fading. Mild dankness adds a pungent sweetness to the mix. Stronger banana-like yeast tones than in most IPAs. Very mild bright herbs.

A very pleasant - and incredibly juicy - NE IPA. It's borderline outstanding for me, but I feel that if one of the more hyped and established NE IPA brewers put out a beer with this same profile, it would be a darling of the haze bomb fans (of course, it would probably look a lot better). For my tastes, I definitely like it, and I'm glad to have purchased a four pack.

 

 

Very nice IIPA. Fits most aspects of a NEIPA with a classic American IPA finish. Citrusy and earthy. Great malt balance and easy to drink., even at almost 8%.

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 8/1/2019. Pours very hazy/cloudy deep golden/amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, red apple, blueberry, gooseberry, white grape/wine, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, red apple, blueberry, gooseberry, white grape/wine, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, red apple, blueberry, gooseberry, white grape/wine, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky/resinous/rindy mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7.9%. Overall this is an awesome NEDIPA. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the mellowly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Great soft feel and not aggressive. Feels like Citra, Mosaic, Nelson Sauvin. Very juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a great balanced wheat/oat/malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example as expected of both breweries.