Ecstasy of Gold
Widowmaker Brewing

 

A: Pours a very hazy medium golden honey in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate peach + apricot + medium golden yellow + pale orange colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense creamy sudsy foamy off-white head that slowly reduces to a medium to large sized patch of very thick film covering approximately 45% of the surface of the beer surrounded by a large patch of very mottled very thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of juicy citrus/grapefruit + stone fruit/peach + stone fruit/lychee + tropical/mango + tropical/pineapple hops over the top of just shy of moderate aromas of biscuit + oat + wheat malts with a light amount of sugary sweetness.

T: Upfront there are just shy of moderate flavors of biscuit + oat + wheat malts with a light amount of sugary sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of juicy citrus/grapefruit + stone fruit/peach + stone fruit/lychee + tropical/mango + tropical/pineapple hops which impart a minimal amount of bitterness which fades away almost instantly leaving moderate lingering tropical + citrus + stone fruit hop flavors.

M: Medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Moderate amounts of creamy soft/fluffiness mid-body and a light amount of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a very pleasantly creamy soft/fluffy mouthfeel. Enjoyable with lots of citrus + stone fruit + tropical hop flavors and aromas.

 

 

 

Purchased as a 6oz pour from The Blue Door for $4.50.

L - Pale yellow, with a strong haze; a one-finger pale white head.
S - A bit of pine and dank, with citron peel and juicy grapefruit.
T - Well-balanced. Floral. Grapefruit, lemon peel, and pineapple. A bit of pine on the finish, but it doesn't dominate.
F - Medium-bodied, with plenty of carbonation. Creamy. Refreshing. Didn't even realize it was 7.2% ABV.
O - A solid choice for a NEIPA. Hit the spot on a warm day like today. Definitely recommend.

 

 

A: The beer is rather hazy yellow in color. It poured with a short white head that left a narrow collar around the edge and some lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of honeydew melon are present in the nose along with notes of grapefruit and stone fruit with some hints of pine in the finish.
T: The taste follows the smell and has additional notes of pineapple. No bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels medium-bodied and juicy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I found the aromas and flavors of this NEIPA to be quite complex and interesting.

Serving type: can

 

 

Purchased on 2/11/22>Canned on 11/24/21

Mostly hazy pour with a burnt gold, straw at sunset coloration. Puffy, fluffy all-white foamy dome holds tight.

Aromatics: hops: creamy peaches, tangy citrus, summer pine sap. Malt: creamy golden grains, also sweet toned.

A slightly zesty bite at first, then it's all smooth body and mouthfeel, relaxed but certainly creamy finish.

Flavor Spectrum vocabulary: some mango chunks, sweet canned peaches and earthy toned citrus from the hops. Very well layered, with a wet-earthy finish. Malt has some zesty golden grains of summer, but smooth and sweet toned.

Overall, it's nice, heady complexity with some rough edges, not totally cohesive together, but interesting for sure.

 

From a 16 oz. can dated 06/03/2021. Sampled July 10, 2021.

The appearance is what you might expect in this style. It is an opaque, milky looking yellow color underneath a lasting white head.

Pleasing aromas of fruit and citrus but more precisely pineapple, apricot, and orange. Also a little white bread down below.

The mouthfeel is soft and medium.

The taste is at first sweet thanks to that breaded malt character but it does not take long for the pineapple, apricot, and orange fruitiness to push themselves into the picture. Pleasant.

 

16 oz can into a tulip. Most recent batch.

Pours a hazy pale gold color with a massive effervescent white head. Great retention. Not much in the way of lacing.

Strong aromas of lemon zest, ruby red grapefruit, honeydew melon, pineapple and sweet, doughy malt.

Flavor follows the nose: Grapefruit, lemon, melon, and pineapple. There's a bit of lime and mango with a grainy malt backbone.

The feel is medium bodied with good carbonation. Very dry with some mild booze.

Overall, this is a good and drinkable NEIPA. The flavors and aromas are nice, but the body is a bit too carbonated for the style. Also the presence of booze in a 7.2% beer isn't great. Still, definitely worth a try.