Honeymaker
Widowmaker Brewing

 

A: Pours a murky medium golden honey in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate pale orange + light burnt orange + medium golden yellow + bright yellow + apricot + peach colored highlights. The beer has a two finger tall dense creamy sudsy foamy pale beige head that slowly reduces to a large patch of thin film covering the entire surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Slightly heavier than moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of juicy citrus/grapefruit + tropical/mango + tropical/passionfruit + citrus/grapefruit zest + stone fruit/apricot + tropical/pineapple + citrus/grapefruit pith hops over the top of light to moderate aromas of biscuit + wheat + oat malts with a light to moderate amount of honey-like sweetness.

T: Upfront there are light to moderate flavors of biscuit + wheat + oat malts with a light to moderate amount of honey-like sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of juicy citrus/grapefruit + tropical/mango + tropical/passionfruit + citrus/grapefruit zest + stone fruit/apricot + tropical/pineapple + citrus/grapefruit pith hops which impart a very light amount of bitterness which fades away quickly leaving moderate lingering tropical hop flavors.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Light to moderate amounts of slightly creamy soft/foaminess mid-body and a hint of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a pleasantly creamy soft/fluffy mouthfeel. Enjoyable honey sweetness to the malt profile and wonderful tropical + citrus + stone fruit hop profile.

Undated can into pint glass. Pours a murky dark honey-gold with a nice off-white head. Great lacing! Initial impression is juicy citrus, grapefruit, a touch of mango, some pine resin, and subtle sweetness. Mouthfeel is medium, bordering on soft. Finish is sweet, but nicely tart. Overall, this is an excellent NEIPA (I'd call it a DIPA but what do I know). Very unusual and very good. Not sure I've ever had a beer that's anything like this.

 

16oz can dated 6/16/21.

Pours cloudy yellow with an inch-plus head of white fluff. Retention is persistent with plenty of tattered lacework. Light notes of peach, orange and pineapple in the nose. Medium bodied with a crisp, slightly tacky mouthfeel. Zesty, slightly pithy citrus on the palate. Pineapple, grapefruit, and orange. Finishes a bit sweet with minimal malt, a moderate bitterness and lingering citrus.

On tap and just what you'd expect. Thick white head and lots of lace. Pale-ish mustard yellow. Cloudy and full of double shine.

Tropical hops in the nose. A lot. Light sweet honeyed malt.

Taste is softly, deliciously tropical fruit with honey and low bitterness. The honeyed malt in the nose through nicely. Finish is clean with a gentle crispness. Alcohol is well integrated. Hardly noticeable

Feel is soft, smooth and velvety with each swallow. Thirst quenching and smoothly carbonated.

This is a brightly l delightfully delicious and sneaky beer. Easy too easy to drink. You want to go for it anyway. Nice.

 

 

These are just very random thoughts from a very thirsty IPA having his first special pint to end the day :)
Nice dark orange turbid pour with a nice white head that sustains for some time.
Honey is on my mind since that is what the label reads as I pour aggressively into my glass.
The hops are there, there is the bitterness that is softened by the oats.
As I draw this beverage, it is more tart than sweet on the back end, which brings me back for the next sip.
This is enjoyable, but maybe I was looking for a more. The bar is so high with so many offerings out there.

Can. Pours a duller yellowy orange. Frothy head with a pocked bubble top. Aroma has a sort of dry, nearly rustic quality that I will blindly attribute to the honey. Almost a bit of tartness on the nose, too. Flavor is hoppy and sweet. The hops are are definitely fruity and tropical. I think I do get honey honestly. It's rough around the edges but I enjoy it. Drier finish. Alcohol pipes up. Not the most buttoned up beer but not bad!

Okay, I may not have the skills that some of you have, but I know what I like. Take my inexperience with the grain of salt.
Poured a raw honey color (seriously) with a reasonable head and light lacing.
Smell was fresh and clean with few discernible aromas, but pleasant.
Taste was honey and oats with a shot of hops, again very pleasant with nothing sticking out.
Feel was very good, right where I expected so that’s something.
OA - I liked it, quite a bit. Very enjoyable IPA with honey, and I would gladly drink it again.
Thanks @WunderLlama, for sending this my way!

 

Canned on 8/18/20

Pours a near-totally opaque golden orange body capped with multiple fingers of rounded, soapy white foam; very good head retention yields a rocky half-finger of cap, moderate, frothy collar, and chunks of soapy, webby lacing spread around the glass.

Aroma opens with red grapefruit nectar, dank peach, and candied apricot, with a light hint of mixed red berries accenting the middle; a more pronounced, floral honey imparts a light waxiness that muddles a building hop/tropical fruit presence prematurely.

Taste brings out wildflower honey at the forefront, touched with hints of semi-sweet vanilla and floral grass progressing over the mid-palate; ruby red grapefruit juice, spiced tangerine, and rubbery orange peel gain prominence on the back end as notes of honey again take hold on the close.

Mouthfeel features a lighter body thinning awkwardly in spots, and a spotty, moderate carbonation fluffing on the palate periodically; a slickness develops steadily over the mid-palate, synchronized with a faint, charry hop bitterness into the back end, accompanied by a slightly more intense grit expanding through the palate.

There's definitely some potential here, but it presents all too briefly, instead highlighting the most basic elements of the honey-IPA marriage in a wavering profile that doesn't commit to the necessary intensity to make this beer interesting; drinkable, but not much beyond that.