Tropical Swinger Club
HopTop Brewery

 

This is a fruit beer or labeled a fruit IPA, infused with 11 different kinds of fruits. Kind of hard to decipher each and every flavor one by one, but the interesting impression is that after all the myriads of fruits are gone you get an instant baked caramel flavor, similar to the icing on a creme brulee - perhaps this is the only remarkable thing about it, otherwise it's quite dense like a cold pressed fruit juice. I guess hops aren't really noticeable at all.

First impression of this was: odd. This is not what I expected a fruity IPA to taste like, even if I am understanding of why they put the "fruity" in the title. This is fruity indeed, but it emphasizes the sourness of a lot of fruit much more than the sweetness - which was certainly what I was expecting. Like a plum that is almost too old. It is also a pretty restrained beer, both in carbonation and in style. It hides the alcohol quite well, in large part because if it's distinct style.

I feel like I always overrate unique beers because I enjoy that they are willing to go for something, this is in that category. With that said, I am not sure if this is actually a good beer - but it is typical of new breweries in developing markets of thinking big, and falling short. I don't think I'll buy this beer ever again, but it definitely elevated my interest in the brewery.