Longbow
New Trail Brewing Company

 

 

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11/1/20

Can to snifter.

Look: dark yellow, hazy, medium turbid off white head.

Aroma: tropical fruit, perfume, floral notes.

Taste: pineapple, blueberry raspberry, melon. Passion fruit. Leaves. Hint of a tart finish, but very tasty.

Feel: medium body, creamy and smooth, above average carbonation.

Interesting juicy IPA. Impressed. My first from New Trail.

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I recently scored this one at the Friendly Greek Bottle Shop (FGBS) for The CANQuest (tm) & I am CANxious to nock the shaft! I CAN't wait to let fly with this one!

From the CAN: "Longbow Hazy Double IPA India Pale Ale".

I did some in-CAN agitation before Crack!ing open the vent for the start of a heavy-handed aggro C-Line Glug into the awaiting glass. This resulted in the formation of two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, eggshell-white head with very good retention. Color was a turbid, murky Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7). Nose was heavily laden with pine resin and cattiness so I totally buy Chinook and Simcoe! Mouthfeel was medium, but very slick in the mouth & on the tongue. The taste was very cool & minty with a definite pine quality, plus the cattiness as noted on the nose as well as a light grapefruit citrusiness. Its alcohol was dangerously well-hidden & once aCAiN, I was drinking one of their beers MUCH faster than I probably should have been! Whoa. Finish was super-cool, very minty, quite dry & left me with a fresh taste in my mouth like I had just gargled with mouthwash. Phew. YMMV.

Tired of waiting for a return of Goggles, let's see what lays inside a pint can of Lowbow. Of course, at first crack comes the hazy double bouquet of hops, malt and yeast. Some yeast residue is detected spilling from the can into a clear glass liter mug at the end of the pour. There's the typical New Trail hazy look - dense dirty blond with abundant head and glass lacing. Expecting the typical New Trail taste, Longbow shoots short of their best. It's a little too soft and this might have been obtained by reducing the barley malt necessary for a good IPA backbone. There is some hoppiness, but not enough to compensate for a missing robust taste. Still, a substandard New Trail Double Hazy is way above average, overall. There's that yeast residue after draining the mug and there's still some lovely lacing and head.