Morning Squeeze
Half Brothers Brewing Company

 

16oz can. Poured out a clear, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left sudsy lacing. It smelled of orange, pineapple, mango and sweet caramel. Great tropical fruit taste with toasted caramel and a piney bitterness.

Tap pour at the brewery. Served chilled in a goblet glass.
Hazy, deep gold colored body. Long lasting white head. Leaves behind a white film of lacing.
Aroma of citrus orange, grapefruit, and pine resin.
Taste is semisweet orange, grapefruit pith, and biting pine resin. Bitterness level is high but pleasant, and extends long into the aftertaste.
More than medium mouthfeel. Initially smooth but gets tight and drying in the mouth. Very good carbonation.
Bitter in a good way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The aroma has citrus, a little pie crust and traces of vanilla. It pours hazy to murky straw gold under a 1/2" light beige cap with fair retention. Medium juicy pie crust leads the flavors joined by citrus and fruit with a touch of tart on the moderately bitter finish. It has a medium body and medium carbonation. I like this because the brewer has not overloaded by beer with various NE IPA additions. The brewer's restrained hand makes this drinkable and repeatable.

Poured a pint can into a tulip glass. Nice cloudy pale yellow/orange color, minimal lacing. Very nice beer up front. Smell was very citrus with notes of orange. Really fresh taste, unfortunately didn't finish well.
Not very complex and no finish. Alcohol came through on the back end.
No date on can. Could of been old, and this is a beer you want fresh. I've had it on tap, was much better.

 

L-Grapefruit juice looking in the glass.

S-Nice juicy citrus aroma. Fresh.

T-Begins with a bit of fresh squeezed oranges and then a big punch of bittersweet grapefruit with a splash of grain alcohol.

F-Light side of medium bodied....creamy texture....low carbonation makes this feel a little thin. (Drinking from 16 ounce can purchased at brewery five days ago).

O-Not a bad effort here for a NE IPA but in the end too much bitter grapefruit and the alcohol bite is out of place as well. Has some positives and some negatives. Rating for the subcategory NEIPA.