Elusive
Vitamin Sea Brewing

Brew export #12, guessed dipa w/ southern hemisphere hops w/ vanilla. Very remiscent of hop butcher to me

Pours a dense hazy orange colour. Proper head that remains.

Smell is tropical, citrussy, dank, and grassy.

Taste is the same, with a touch of sweeteness.

Feel is excellent, it's got a particular feel as you bring your lips to it.

Overrall well above it's abv.

 

Everything is very spot on in most all rating criteria with this NEIPA, but the flavor is a bit bland and could use some more punch in flavor. Was super fresh, only 3 weeks for canned date.

 

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11/28/23

Can to snifter while preparing a steak dinner.

This one was phenomenal for me. Very flavorful, very smooth. Juicy aroma.

Lots of tangerine, mango and pineapple. Nothing too sharp or acidic, but citrusy and tropical. Light grassy flavors underneath.

medium to light body. a little under carbonated, but maybe that helped it be so smooth drinking.


Excellent IPA.
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IPA brewed with Citra, Simcoe and Mosaic hops.

Massive three finger white foam cap over a deep honey hazy liquid

Aroma is citrus orange, pineapple

Taste is pineapple, carmelized pineapple, orange citrus

Mouthfeel is smooth and juicy , dry and quenching in the finish , hop kiss

Good beer

 

 

 

Finding that perfect blend of juicy flavors and feels from the hazier scene along with a sense of hop bitterness, crispness and refreshing as those of more bitter IPA, that perfect balance can prove quite elusive.

And Vitamin Sea thinks they've found that perfect balance in Elusive, a New England-styled IPA that pours creamy with a lightly turbid gold and a glowing translucence. As a frothy eggshell crown billows to the rim, a juicy and tropical scent pulls from the glass and gives a perfume of fruit punch, sherbet and highly floral scents. Sweet and creamy upfront, an early impression of dry cereal, light caramel, honeysuckle and shortcake all come to mind.

As the hops roll across the middle palate, a more hoppy tone takes hold with a burst of tangerine, mango, pineapple and passionfruit to get back to the tropical fruit punch character. Backed with more citrus flavors, lime, lemon and pink grapefruit soon follow. Trending herbal with a peppery hop balance, hints of verbena, fresh spruce, tea and hemp sharpen the late palate and offer a great sense of refreshment.

Medium bodied and trending on the sharper side of malty-dry, the beer is strikingly crisp, clean and refreshing for hazy ale. A bittersweet finish leads to a more herbal afterglow of tropical fruit peels, citrus zest and bright botanical herb to close.

16oz can. Poured out a cloudy, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left sudsy rings of lace on the glass. It smelled of mango, guava, pineapple, and toasted caramel.Sweet tropical fruit taste with toasted caramel and sharp, bitter, piney hops.

Canned on 12/23/21