Gull Rock
Arvon Brewing Co.

 

Nose is grapefruit, gummy worms, sweet oranges, and tangerine with a slight earth or dank hop undertone. Taste follows suit with an absolute medley of tropical fruit flavors and citrus zest, finishing earthy and dank hop, very low bitterness, very little bite. The feel is silky smooth and very enjoyable, rarely do I rate a beer this high but it deserves it.

 

 

 

No canning date (released on 10/8/20, so presumably canned within a few days of that date)

Pours a nearly turbid dark/dingy golden orange body topped with over two fingers of creamy, slightly off-white foam; good head retention leaves a thin, fluffy cap, a moderate, frothy collar, and a generous spatter of dense, webby lacing painting the walls of the glass.

Aroma opens with a powerful array lead by orange sherbet and accented with herbal lime, kiwi, and passionfruit; grassy resin evolves over the middle toward a distant, bready yeast and red berry esters on the back end, while tones of wilted mint mark the close.

Taste features dominant notes of fresh orange pulp against a mossy, dank undertone upfront as more saturated, tropical tones of bright lime, tangerine, and lemon zest take hold over the mid-palate; grass and white peach contribute further herbal depth to the back end as a mossy finish rounds out the profile.

Mouthfeel brings a medium body with a weighty, moderate carbonation, a prelude to oily, tingly resin as it parallels a savory hop quality into a back end highlighting a more subdued, wispy hop acidity masked with a zesty, underlying bitterness and an eventual juicy peak into the finish.

Intense and punchy with saturated hop flavors, this NEIPA is as tropically fruity as it is eccentrically dank, at times meshing effectively for some bombastic genuinely unique tones in between. A solid construction balancing both 'juicy' and bitter qualities ensures the beer overall leaves a lingering, positive impression.

 

 

A - Pours golden orange with a one finger creamy white head. LIght soapy lacing.

S - Aroma is mango, guava, mint and dank hops.

T - The taste is mango, guava, tangerine, pineapple and light piney hops.

M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a soft dry finish.