Superfluous
Counter Weight Brewing Company

 

 

Canned: 04/02/21

L: The beer pours a pale gold color with a full haze. A high slow pour yields a massive three and a half fingers of a pillowy, white head with excellent retention. As I drink the beer a massive webbed lacing is left behind.

S: I get candied mango, pineapple, ripe maracuya, grapefruit, a touch of pine, and a grassy herbal note.

T: The palate pretty closely follows the nose where I get a touch of sweet over ripe mango, pineapple, a nice touch of bitter grapefruit pith mixing with ripe maracuya, a light grassy note, and a bit of doughy malt character.

F: This beer has a medium body with medium-low carbonation. The mouthfeel is smooth and a bit creamy with a minimally dry finish.

O: This is a very good beer. The fine folks at the brewery told me that this is a double dry-hopped version of Headway IPA, but I have to note that this one says on the can that it has American and NZ hops while if I remember correctly the Headway can only references American hops. Either way, I can definitely taste the similarity. This has a nice balance of mango and pineapple juiciness and grapefruit bitterness. The juiciness wins out, but just barely. Highly recommended!

 

 

A: cloudy; deep gold in color; a 1 finger white head that receded to
a thin collar; thick rings of lace;

S: pineapple, mango, and peach;

T: grapefruit, pineapple, mango, and peach; mild biterness on the finish;

M: medium bodied; moderate carbonation; moderately dry finish;

O: reaaly nice;

 

 

 

 

5/18 can consumed on 5/22. Honey colored hazy brew with a huge white head. Big aromas of grapefruit flesh and rind. Flavors of grapefruit and unripened tropical fruit dominate. Lingering herbal bitterness and a vaguely sweet malt. Extremely smooth mouthfeel, but body is a bit heavy for 6.5%