Hazy Expectations
Matchless Brewing

 

Draft at the Sapphire Lounge. Hazy, milky pour, small white head. Citrus aroma, orange and grapefruit. Taste is more citrus, as usual, kind of juicy. Bit of tart bitterness at the finish.

 

 

Pint can poured in to a nonic glass. Canned on 12/30/19

Look- Hazy golden amber color, modest off-white head that slowly recedes to a small cap of foam, moderate sticky lacing. Light carbonation streaming as it sits.

Smell- Over ripe peach/nectarine, citrus (orange/tangerine, grapefruit and lemon/lime), tropical fruits (mango, passion fruit and pineapple), peach/nectarine, a bit of melon, grainy malt, grassy/floral notes.

Taste- Light pithy citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit and melon, sweet malt and piney hops in the back end.

Feel- Medium bodied, fairly crisp with a fairly aggressive lingering bitterness, pretty well balanced. Moderate/light carbonation on the tongue.

O- A solid attempt at a NE hazy, a bit long in the tooth though. It probably would have scored a bit higher if it was fresher.

 

Poured from a 16oz can into a Speiglau IPA glass.

Look is a slightly hazy orange with yellow highlights and a foamy white head.

Aroma is a lot of the malt and not too much of the hops.

The initial hit is hops but gives way to a complicated sweet malt.

Not as “juicy” as I expected but an excellent IPA.

 

 

16oz can poured into 12oz tulip. Poured a lightly murky orange-gold color with about 3/4 inch of white head that had moderate retention and lacing.

The aroma was all sweet, fruity hops, with no malt or yeast showing through.

Nearly identical on the palate, with the addition of a slight bit of hop bite on the finish.

The body was medium light, and had a half sweet/half dry finish.

Drinkability was good, I knocked off the can easily enough, but a 12oz serving would suited me better. I doubt I would drink 2 in a row. Overall, one of the nicer Murkbro beers that have popped up lately, definitely worth a shot if your into the style.