Everything Has Eyes
Cosmic Eye Brewing

 

 

Pours a slightly hazy yellow gold with a fluffier white head. Smells of pineapples and guava and other tropical fruit with a hint of malty sweetness at the end. Taste is mainly of guava at the start followed by pineapple followed by a just right amount of bitterness to keep it from being too sweet. The feel is nice, it's slightly more carbonated than I was expecting but still goes down easy. This beer is damn good and I'd encourage you to try it if it's near you.

Appearance: Pours a murky honey color with a full three finger head; excellent retention and spotty lacing

Smell: Somewhat dank with pine and grapefruit aromatics

Taste: Papaya forward with a strong mineral character emerging; moderate piney bitterness in the middle, along with some grapefruit tones; the finish is very dry with the mineral element stronger than the bittering aspect

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Overall: Not sure what "Post Haze" is supposed to be but this beer seems like it is trying to find a place that is neither here nor there

Thanks, xKurtx, for the opportunity

 

Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 4/6/2019. Pours opaquely hazy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky/resinous/rindy mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 5.8%. Overall this is a delicious NEIPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Solid softness, and not aggressive. Great Simcoe/Cascade profile. Very juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a great wheat/oat/malt backbone. Mild residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example. A bit over carbonated, but was not a bad thing.

 

12 oz can dated 4/6/19 poured into Bell's tumbler.

Contrary to the statement on the can, this beer is indeed hazy and juicy in appearance, with zero transparency and lots of creamy head. The head measures about 3 fingers tall...lots of hop action going on here already.

Aroma is zippy and fresh, and is of fresh wet pine, mineral, mango, peach, tangerine, grapefruit, and papaya.

Flavor is very mineral-y, almost aspirin-like, with sharp dry grass (a la saison) and pine. On the back end the haze factor comes in with peach and grapefruit, with bitter orange peel and persimmon. The front half would fool you, the back half reminds you it's at least half NE IPA. Finishes at the tippy end on more dry grass and aspirin.

Sharp feel to start, which smooths out at the end and creams up, leaving a dry (maybe too dry) resiny finish. Zero warming alcohol.

Overall, a pretty decent area local hazy. Seems some breweries are catching on a bit. I personally still can't nail the style, so kudos to these guys.