Peekaboo - w Mosaic
Astro Lab Brewing

 

Look - nice and orange, looks inviting
Smell - great aromas, hop juicyness
Taste - Just outstanding taste - rivals some of the best I've had. Solid citrus, hopp bitterness, mild malt sweetness to offset the hops. You don't taste the alcohol in this one, it's a beauty
Feel - smooth, soft on the palate - lovely
Overall - an excellent IPA, way up there on my list.

 

Poured from the crowler into a Spiegelau IPA glass.

Man I still hate pouring out of crowlers, but even so the beer gives a good visual impression. Supper creamy head at first, with a big soft white glow. Thick reaching and creamy four finger controlled head. Lots of retention and cling, thick chunks of pill lacing and swiss cheese bubbles and mountains abound. The body color while in an opaque quality, still has a nice glow, giving off an orange amber shine slightly.

That aroma is pure mosaic, dank pineapple as I like to call it. Large earthy nose, mixing with a tropical pineapple presence, and a touch of spicy quality going on as well. This is giving to mouthwatering pleasures for me it seems. That spicy component seems like another addition, perhaps this isn't a SMASH beer, but I could be wrong. Whatever was done there's a little more hop variety on the nose to me that makes for a real pleasurable feeling.

Palate brings the right notes. Juiced up body with a big washing tropical flavor on first sip. Aims a little wet slightly, but the flavors in the mid palate punch out even to more earth, pineapple, and some real big tangerine is cropping up in the mix here. Aftertaste has a bit of faint flour mouthfeel fine grain quality, but has an excellent spicy tone that is sweetened with an orange character as well. Muted pineapple, which for me is a plus, rounds out for a mixing fruit smorgasborg like quality to the IPA.

Excellent brew, Astro Lab sure keeps bringing the hops that's for sure.

 

Bright orange, slightly hazy. Bursting with Mosaic and Columbus hops, a lemony and citrus flavor with a decent dankness to it. Another excellent IPA from this brewery.