Shades
New Trail Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

A smidge less than a fingers worth of of crisp bone white froth... Color is a pale hazy lemony yellow... Nose smells like the old lemon heads candies... Palate has more depth and a more pronounced hop bite... Lemon, pizza crust, light candied sugar... Unique and fairly complex... Medium bodied and lush... Smooth from start to finish... Truly exceptional and well rounded beer... One of New Trails best in my humble opinion...

I love the NewTrail IPAs that are made with oats, its a hazy, juicy, citrus, with a oatmeal back. Love it, they have many.

 

 

No date visible (??) but likely fresh since it’s nearly local and new on the shelf at my monger. This is some tasty stuff and maybe another regular brewery on my list.
L: from the can. It’s a looker
S: smells nice. Sweet citrus. Hint of lime and pine.
T: delivers on the nose for sure. Sweetness and then an assertive hop bitterness. Nice.
F: very full and rich.
O: nice offering. Worth seeking out!

 

Poured into a 13 oz Teku glass not sure when it was canned but knowing @jzeilinger in the last two weeks. Pours a very hazy yellow orange with a 2 finger sticky white head that leaves a bunch of thin lace with excellent retention. 4.5

Aroma is ripe melon, guava, mango, and apricot. 4.5

Taste follows cantaloupe, guava, mango, and apricot really well balanced. 4.5

Mouthfeel is big, soft almost creamy carbonation, not sticky or dry, and at 9.1% it is big on flavor but easy going down. 4.75

Overall this is phenomenal Big NEDIPA. This brewery keeps putting out excellent stuff. 4.5

Beautiful opaque golden color, this hazy is opaque enough to block light. Super hoppy and boozy flavor with a pretty thick and substantial mouthfeel. Great beer, only drawback is a little too much bite, even though I’m a strong hop lover.

 

Undated (WTF) can into pint glass. Pours a very hazy amber-gold with a blocky off-white head. Great lacing. Initial impression is sweet citrus, dank pine resin, and grapefruit rind. Mouthfeel is fairly thick, soft and pillow-y. Finish is semi-sweet, fading to a nice pine bitterness. Overall. another excellent NEIPA from New Trail. These guys have been consistently excellent.

 

Creamsicle orange in color with a milky viscous appearance. Poured with a moderate , creamy, white foam with medium low retention. Sweet citrus fruit aromas with notes of mango and papaya and light malty base. Medium bodied with medium light carbonation, pleasant smooth feel and and a prickly boozy warmth. Sharp citrus and mellow boozy flavors with sweet fruity, melon and papaya. Medium bitterness blends with the prickly booziness, followed by mellow fruity, melon flavors. Finished withbtangy, boozy, light bitter notes that lead to tapering fruity notes with light piney bitterness. Great look and mellow aromas with interesting hop character.

16oz can into a pint glass. NO freshness dating despite the can proclaiming, "keep cold, drink fresh".

Looks very good in the glass. Thick orange juice body, decent white head which persists. Excellent lacing on this one.

Standard dull fruit aroma.

On tasting, a little juicy and dank. Quite warm from the abv. Faint bitterness late on.

Mouth between medium and full, finish warm and slightly bitter.

Overall, another good ipa from New Trail.

 

 

A pint can poured into a clear glass liter mug displays a murky dirty blond concoction. This isn't hazy, not even foggy, it's downright soupy. There's the typical New Trail hazy aroma, plenty of juicy hops in the air to get the mouth juices flowing. As appetizing as it looks and smells, at least to those that love NEIPAs, the taste supercedes. Complex hops, incredibly finishing both bitterly dry and juicy, delivered within a sweet malt/yeast body. Few breweries outside of Vermont make hazy DIPAs to this level. There is a bit of an alcohol inclusion at the finish, but the ABV does exceed 9%. This, with Goggles is one of the best they've made. It won't be around long, so get it when you can.