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Astro Lab Brewing

 

 

 

 

 

Poured from the can into a Spiegelau IPA glass.

Slightly hazed body, with a nice glow surprisingly. Deep yellow lemon color, with surprising looking clarity on the edges as well. You can even see some carbonation as well. Fluffy topped classic bright white head, reaching a simple three fingers with dollop looking creamy lacing and chunky appearances.

Excellent and vibrant aroma. Dripping hop aroma of mango and tropical green goodness. Soft touches of light sweet malt making an excellent backbone for this hop front vibrancy. Touches some even sweet herbal notes also.

Palate is a real nice joy. Soft bodied with a simple backbone, just nearly hinting juicy textures, but with excellent hop flavors. Washing and rolling tropical sweetness and some mild bitterness of mango, melon and faint papaya like qualities. Aftertaste actually brings some almost peppery spicy bitterness which makes an excellent contrast to everything before.

Another solid IPA from the lab for sure.

16oz Snulip on tap at Astro Lab, review from notes.

Look: A hazy/opaque orange-gold with a soapy white head that dissipates rather quickly but leaves behind some nice lacing.
Smell: White grape, peach, melon, pineapple, mango, passion fruit, orange/tangerine.
Taste: Follows the nose but is slightly more complex, with a nice earthy, grassy balance to it.
Feel: Soft, full body. Good carbonation.
Overall: Great mix of fruit and a grassy/herbal hop character. Very well balanced. A great NEIPA

Pours hazy blond with quickly dissipating head that musters up a lot of lace trails. The aroma is of peach, white pepper and tropical fruit hops. Peach fuzz candies, mango, lemongrass hop flavours explode in the taste. Some leafy, floral hops too. Very light malt ballast. The mouthfeel is full bodied with high carbonation. Moderate to high bitterness bad lingering tropical fruit in the everlasting finish.

A fantastic NE IPA. Juicy and complex. I recommend this.