Refracted Aurora
New Trail Brewing Company
- From:
- New Trail Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 10.5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.18 | pDev: 3.35%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 07, 2020
- Added:
- Jan 02, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Refracted Aurora is a Hazy Triple IPA brewed with loads of Oat Malt. Angularly hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, Vic Secret, & Kohatu. Expect big berry and fleshy grape characteristics complemented by a tropical dankness. Open your mind and enjoy this cambered view with us.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
4.32/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.32/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I had SUCH a great day this past Sunday yesterday on/for New New Trail & Feeling Light-Hearted About Happoshu Beer Sunday (Week 784) that I have decided to just CANtinue where I left off, as opposed to waiting until this CANming Sunday. I am really digging New Trail's beers from Bill Town, aka Williamsport, PA. These guys seem to be onto something!
From the CAN: "Hazy Triple India Pale Ale"; "Keep Cold[,] Drink Fresh".
Once aCAN, I beCAN with a Crack! of the vent, followed by a slow, gentle C-Line Glug. I am CANstantly striving for clarity, but usually, I come up short. I watched in rapt fascination as it foamed up to form just under two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, eggshell-white head with decent retention, leaving a load of lacing in its wake. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7). 8=( SO close … Nose was really fruity, like CANdied mixed fruit, especially around the Christmas holidays. I got a lot of simply mixed fruit, like jelly at the diner, along with a cool mintiness. This had real potential! Mouthfeel was big, thick & full, like a dollop had been scooped into my mouth & onto my tongue. The eruption of flavor upon impacting my unsuspecting tongue nearly caused my eyes to pop outta my skull! This was a) NOT hiding its ABV; b) keeping its mixed fruit sweetness, while c) evincing a cool mintiness that almost caused me to do a spit take. Phew. No playin' around here, kids. Man, I swear that whatever hops that they are using to create that eucalyptus flavor that I have noted in several beers now should come with a warning label. It is not bitter as a CANtradiction in terms - a cool heat that acts as a blue flame in the sinuses & behind the ocular peepers, causing them to want to jump out & head for the hills. Who needs an inhaler or a vaporizer? This will open you up, spin you around & send you to the deck, all in one very smooth action. 8=O Finish was cool, dry, minty & while I did not sense its alcohol, I could feel it CANming on like a runaway freight train. 8=O I think that a lay-down may be in order. YMMV.
Mar 07, 2020From the CAN: "Hazy Triple India Pale Ale"; "Keep Cold[,] Drink Fresh".
Once aCAN, I beCAN with a Crack! of the vent, followed by a slow, gentle C-Line Glug. I am CANstantly striving for clarity, but usually, I come up short. I watched in rapt fascination as it foamed up to form just under two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, eggshell-white head with decent retention, leaving a load of lacing in its wake. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7). 8=( SO close … Nose was really fruity, like CANdied mixed fruit, especially around the Christmas holidays. I got a lot of simply mixed fruit, like jelly at the diner, along with a cool mintiness. This had real potential! Mouthfeel was big, thick & full, like a dollop had been scooped into my mouth & onto my tongue. The eruption of flavor upon impacting my unsuspecting tongue nearly caused my eyes to pop outta my skull! This was a) NOT hiding its ABV; b) keeping its mixed fruit sweetness, while c) evincing a cool mintiness that almost caused me to do a spit take. Phew. No playin' around here, kids. Man, I swear that whatever hops that they are using to create that eucalyptus flavor that I have noted in several beers now should come with a warning label. It is not bitter as a CANtradiction in terms - a cool heat that acts as a blue flame in the sinuses & behind the ocular peepers, causing them to want to jump out & head for the hills. Who needs an inhaler or a vaporizer? This will open you up, spin you around & send you to the deck, all in one very smooth action. 8=O Finish was cool, dry, minty & while I did not sense its alcohol, I could feel it CANming on like a runaway freight train. 8=O I think that a lay-down may be in order. YMMV.
Reviewed by justintcoons from Pennsylvania
3.99/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16 oz can poured into an imperial can-shaped glass.
Appearance
Extra hazy gold. 1/2 finger of creamy head.
Nose
Lime, kiwi, passion fruit, dank, wintergreen, and candy sugar.
Taste
Lime, dank, wintergreen, and forest floor. Light kiwi and passion fruit. Vegetal, leafy, floral, and sappy pine. Light candy sugar and toffee sweetness.
Mouthfeel
Full bodied, thick, creamy, silky, oily, juicy, and lightly sweet.
Overall
Vegetal, leafy, and sappy IPA with a well hidden abv. Cheers!
Jan 02, 2020Appearance
Extra hazy gold. 1/2 finger of creamy head.
Nose
Lime, kiwi, passion fruit, dank, wintergreen, and candy sugar.
Taste
Lime, dank, wintergreen, and forest floor. Light kiwi and passion fruit. Vegetal, leafy, floral, and sappy pine. Light candy sugar and toffee sweetness.
Mouthfeel
Full bodied, thick, creamy, silky, oily, juicy, and lightly sweet.
Overall
Vegetal, leafy, and sappy IPA with a well hidden abv. Cheers!
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