Stupid Good
Drastic Measures Brewing Company

16 oz can pkgd ?/09/25 into a shaker pint glass.
L: Pours a hazy apricot color with sediment in suspension, churning steady carbo, a dull white 1/2" head that slowly recedes to froth, light spotty lacing all around.
S: Grapefruit, citrus zest, caramelized malts.
T: Over ripe citrus, gently sweet malts, grapefruit, wheat, yeast, gently floral, honeysuckle, light orange, lightly sweet on the lips.
F: Brisk then slightly viscous and lightly thick medium-heavy bodied mouthfeel with a medium length moderately dry finish. It becomes pretty smooth as the beer warms a bit.
O: Not the best looking beer IMO but a mild tasting hazy that is quite fruity and hoppy. Its body is a little bigger than its flavor so it drinks quite easily. It is very good to excellent in its style.

 

 

Aroma: Strong aromas of grapefruit citrus, peach, some papaya and cantaloupe melon underneath.

Flavor: Strong and juicy flavors of grapefruit citrus, orange, papaya, guava, and cantaloupe melon. Some sweet grapefruit and papaya melon flavor to add a tropical twist at the end.

Feel: Medium-bodied. Moderate carbonation. Relatively slightly lower. Allows it to finish juicy and tropically, slightly sweet. At the ABV, not too sweet though.

Compared to Drekker Ectogasm 5/15/22: Pours a similar color. A stickier head. Slightly stronger aromas. More tropical papaya and melon. Less citrus and rind. Slightly sweeter. Overall, pretty similar though.

Overall: A very nice grapefruit citrus and tropical papaya and melon flavoered NEIPA. Nails the flavor. Lightly sweet and rather juicy for the lower ABV. Some really nice stuff here. A lower ABV, but still juicy top-quality NEIPA. (Rating: 4.23)

Appearance: Pours a nearly completely hazy (

 

 

 

16oz can. Poured out a cloudy, golden orange color with a good-sized, white head of foam. It left sticky rings of lace on the glass. It smelled of mango, orange, pineapple with some sweet caramel notes. Great tropical fruit taste with toasted caramel and a piney bitterness.

 

 

 

Can.

White head. Hazy sunset yellow.

Juicy and tropical. A bit light on flavors, but really solid. Mango, orange, and papaya. Soft feel. No bitterness.

Really easy drinking.

From a single tall boy, canned a month ago. This is fine, but par for the course...also, I was never big on the neipa style, but at this point, I think I’m really over it, so...grain of salt

8/30/2020, revisited this from a Crowler purchased at the tap room as I happened to be passing through Wadena, and figured I’d give it a better/another try. Poured into a Junkyard Brewing snifter, looks nice, pale chalky orange with a decent head and retention. One-note on both the nose and tongue, but it is a good note for the style: half-ripened papaya and some mildly tart grapefruit with some pith. Malt bill that seems standard for the style. Juicy, but in an aspirin chalky way. Body is medium, feel is fairly soft but not quite pillowy. Not bad, but I actually preferred the other one I tried at the tap room, Hodacity.