Wedding Season
BlackStack Brewing

 

 

 

 

No canning date

Appearance: Pours a mostly hazy (20% clarity) light and bright yellow color with a strong white head. SRM of 5-6. (4.00)

Aroma: Strong aromas of orange citrus, pineapple, grapefruit. Orange juice aroma lingers. (4.25)

Strong and juicy flavors of pineapple and bright orange juice. Citrusy, zesty with some lingering orange juice flavors. Juicy and lean sweet. (4.25)

Feel: Medium body average carbonation smooth but overall leans but very juicy with a DDH bite. (3.75)

Compared to BlackStack Purely Decorative 5/2023: Pours lighter, stronger head. Stronger aromas. More OJ and pineapple juice. Less papaya, melon, mango. Juicier and zestier.

Compared to BlackStack PseudoScience 7/24: Pours darker, stronger head. Milder aromas. More ripe OJ, grapefruit, Less sweet pineapple, orange, mango.

Compared to BlackStack More Than Just A Phase 7/24: Pours lighter, stronger aromas. More juicy OJ, pineapple, mango. Less nectarine and berries. Juicier, but drier.

Compared to BlackStack Dad Jokes 7/24: Pours lighter, stronger aromas. Less blood orange, stone fruit, sweet tropical. More grapefruit, pineapple, juice.

Compared to BlackStack Double 755 8/24: Pours lighter, stronger head. Milder aromas. More OJ and fruit punch. Less passionfruit, pineapple, zest. Similar sweetness. Winner: Double 755

Compared to Falling Knife Interestellar Yacht Club 8/24: Pours lighter, similar aromas. More orange, fruit punch, tropical notes. Less passionfruit, pineapple.

to BlackStack Spinning Plates 9/24: Pours identical, stronger aromas. More orange, pineapple, melon, mango. Less tropical lychee and dank berries. Juicier and sweeter.

to Toppling Goliath DDH King Sue 8/25: Less orange and flower. More pineapple, mango.

Overall: Another good one from BlackStack. Tons of OJ and pineapple juice. Very DDH with a cleansing bite. The phantasm and Citra do the show here. Juicy and DDH all the way, so not very balanced. Robust and a good name for a beer for a wedding. (Rating: 4.16)

The look is standard yellow-orange murky haze. Minimal white head that quickly retires. The smell is not very strong. Muted tropical fruit. I could not detect any specific fruit odors. There was a little bready dankness, but not much. The taste is similar to the smell. Slightly fruity, slightly bitter. Very generic. Not a good flavor. A flavor you would tolerate knowing there is alcohol involved, and you want alcohol in your bloodstream. The mouthfeel is entry-level hazy IPA. It is beer. That is about all my mouth perceives. Overall, this beer is similar to a number of "hazy" "juicy" IPAs I have experienced by breweries who try to make a NEIPA so they have one on their tap list, but they don't really have a passion for the style, or just aren't good at brewing the style. This beer is about the most generic hazy IPA I have experienced.

Can. White head. Lace.

Lemony and tropical. Lighter sweetness than most BS. Definitely has the lightness of Weldwerks. Earthy, floral, and a bit of citrus.

I honestly prefer the BS sweetness and more flavor/body to this Collab.

Pours a hazed light lemon straw color with a this white head. Smell is fruity and herbal. Taste is topical and floral. with white wine grapes citrus ,berries ,melon, some pine notes . Mouth feel was herbal and fruity ,with vinious notes ,was on the thinner side for a 2IPA.