Gunga Rao
Nightmare Brewing Company

Pours a chill hazed amber/orange with rapidly falling cream colored head. Zero head retention & lacing

S: Orange, coconuts, passion fruit, fairly tamped down

Follows the nose, a little sour tinge to it, look like it is intentional, also lime & mint, plus dryness up front. Sour oranges, pineapples, green tea & a little coconut as this beer warms up. Finishes with sour oranges, green tea, assertive lime & mint

MF: Medium body, almost devoid of carbonation, a little sticky/acidic

Such an odd duck of a beer, terrible IPA, passable sour; I can see this working in the heat

Pours a nearly clear peach-yellow with a light fuzz at the top. Carbonation is within normal and the head disappears quickly. Aroma is pineapple, mint and, faintly, coconut. Taste is pineapple with a ending palette of mint. The brew is quite sour and not tart. These are unusual flavors, even within the sour realm, and bring a unique character to this brew.

 

 

 

Served in a snifter glass from the can.

Appearance: Pale semi hazy gold color with a subtle white head which rose half a finger's length off the body.

Smell: Tropical aroma consisting of pineapple and coconut with a light vanilla bean aroma hovering the nose.

Taste: Sour from the beginning but the tangy sourness leave quick offset with coconut and sweet tangy pineapple.

Mouth: Sticky enough to clean water you just ate. Lingers with a soft carbonation and full body.

Overall: I have skipped this beer before because honestly I have this love hate thing for sour IPAs, big mistake. I thank the Lord I bought two four packs today at Threes Brewing in Huntington. Complex coming off a tropical sweetness to it with a tangy sourness to the beer. Very hard to let go.

 

 

Poured from 16oz tall can into a tulip. Canned 6/1/20.

Appearance: medium orange hue with a lightly hazy body and a thick finger of compact, creamy eggshell foam. I think it looks quite nice.

Smell: dank, but also sour and sweet. I'm not 100% convinced of the combination but overall it is definitely interesting.

Taste: quite sour up front, with nice base sweetness. There's an underlying funk that perhaps detracts a bit. Hops are definitely present, but I feel like they are overshadowed by the sourness. To me this is more of a hoppy sour than a sour IPA. That said, it is an interesting beer. I think I like it.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a good level of carbonation and creaminess.

Overall: the tartness is refreshing, but I'm just not sold on this beer's particular composition. Perhaps it works for some people, but it doesn't grab me.

16oz can from the Packie,
Lightly hazy light gold in color with a thin bubbly white head that that persists. Aroma and flavor of saline and lemonade with a sweet maltiness underneath. Light spice in the flavor. Odd but the flavors work really well.

 

Pfff.. I'll be the one to protect his grave...

 

 

Murky opaque lemon yellow with no head. Kaffir lime, pineapple, coconut, yuzu, passion fruit, guava, and maybe some star fruit is a slightly tart and vibrant nose. Taste is not as complex, same fruit but pineapple, lime, sour star fruit and some fruity bubble tee with a kiss of hop on the finish, almost as soft as a gentle brett in a sour. Feel is refreshing, fruity, bright but gets pretty thin as it warms, good lingering tartness. A fantastic sour ipa

16 ounce can into a tulip snifter. Had 5/13/20.

Pours a hazy orange/yellow, with a two and a half inch head of creamy foam with good retention and a decent amount of foamy lacing. Smells somewhat sour and lightly tart, with aromas of pineapple, light coconut, light mint, light pine, some citrus hops, some funk. Smells a bit grassy, a hint floral. Also tastes somewhat sour and lightly tart. Flavors of pineapple, citrus hops, some mint, some malt, light funk, light pine, a little coconut. Tastes a little grassy. Smooth, a very good lighter body, well carbonated.

This is really interesting. The sourness and the pineapple are the standouts, and I like how the hop blend and mint interact and support them. Definitely points for creativity. Very enjoyable.

Quite possibly one of the best sour ipas I ever had! Full of fruit sweetness of pineapple and coconut with a nice deepstar edge and a nice well balanced body. 8.3%? Can't believe it! Only thing that made this beer better was the fact that I got it for just a couple bucks. Great job nightmare brewery!

Pours a straw like yellow with a finger and a half of soapy white head.

Nose is almost farmhouse ale funky. Pungent tangy aromas. Getting big tropical notes. It's hard for me to tell that it would be pineapple. But mint hits ever so slightly. Very subtle, minty, eucalyptus sort of presence.

The taste tells a different story though. A big bout of tartness comes in strong. The pineapple finally announces its presence. Unfortunately that coconut doesn't come through. And neither do the hops. I'm not sure if this an older can perhaps, but I wouldn't call this an IPA by any stretch. This is simply a sour. The mint leaves a mild lingering flavor with the pineapple and then quickly fades into the cracker malt profile.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. A little sticky with some density. A good amount of carbonation to keep it from feeling too heavy or cloying.

As I further my quest into Nightmare's catalog, I find this to be somewhere in the mid-range of what they are capable of. Enjoyable and interesting, but not a knockout. Not everything has to be of course, but they have set the bar pretty high for themselves. I wouldn't call this an IPA. So if you are expecting more of a hop presence this isn't quite for you though. Still a solid brew.

another curious beer from these guys with gruesome art on the can, man oh man, this is graphic. the beer is clever though, a sour ipa type with new school hops and only lightly tangy, but spiked with mint, pineapple, and coconut, all of which work with the tropical hops and the clean tang really well. the beer has a lightly cloudy yellow here with a white head that settles our really quickly. the mint is the most dominant element in both the aroma and the flavor, but all of these ingredients come together quite nicely here. the pineapple adds a little sweetness and is really compatible with the hops. i get a lot of fresh botanicals behind the mind, almost a gin complexion to this, the coconut is pretty light, but its also cool with the hops, and the whole thing just seems extremely fresh and dynamic. i even get some bitterness, but it seems almost more from the mint than from the hops, more of a dry hop thing to this. you have to like mint, as it really is bold in this, but the beer is unique and layered overall and well made. i wish it had a little more carbonation and life to it, but even without that, its summery and fresh. cool recipe, unlike anything else ive had. disturbing can, but tasty liquid.