Gullfoss
Living Waters Brewing

I had it, tried it, very, dry, GOOD.

Look: Pours a hazy, pale yellow with a satin white one finger head of fine foam. Laces the glass beautifully and thoroughly. Roughly two minute head retention.

Aroma: Apricot skins, banana pudding, a touch of sunscreen lotion and cotton candy.

Taste: Spicy pine resin & spruce clippings upfront. Very resinous. Prominently, but gently bitter. Immediately turns on a dime and goes sweet and candy like with notes of pineapple puree and frosting. Decently sweet but the initial peppery, spicy resinous notes persist throughout. Ends with a juicy little sour twang of apricot and fresh white peaches.

Feel: Bubbly and hot. Spicy, zesty & slightly boozy. Resinous and bittersweet. You can tell it's boozy but at no time does it become oppressive to the palate.

Overall: I love bitter NEIPA's like this when they're executed correctly. This is sweet, powdery and tropical like a good NEIPA but balanced out by a really resinous and prominently spicy / alcoholic profile that lets you know you're drinking a big beer. This is just about as far as you can push the envelope in terms of style guidelines - this is bitter for the style bordering on west coast territory - but still distinctly an NEIPA.

Pours a murky orange, nice foam, extremely hazy to the point of opacity. Pretty pungent aroma of tropical fruit. Taste is a straight forward mildly sweet juice bomb with more tropical fruit and citrus peel. Creamy enough but generally kind of falls flat on the mouthfeel. ABV hidden, any bitterness is on the finish and pleasing.

Overall a supremely drinkable beer, and I'd think I'd get one on draft since it's so pleasant, but nothing I'd seek out. The can I had was very fresh and it's just a straightforward, well done hazy ipa. Nothing to make it stand out and I wouldn't go buying another can but I would surely take a pint on draft and be happy about it.

Pours a lightly murky pale yellow, thumb sized white head falls to bubbles, light lace.

Aroma is smooth sweet tropical fruits, pinnapple dominant, melon, white grape.

Taste is different, sweetness quickly moves to bitterness which is normally a good thing but seems veggie and grass like to me. Doesn't seem to blend well like the bitterness but it doesn't go with the sweat fruitiness from the front.

Mouthfeel is medium with medium carbonation.

Overall eh not something I would have again.

 

 

 

 

 

1 or 2 week old can poured into a tulip.

Pale gold body, fully opaque but only a moderate haze. Zero turbidity or murk. A finger of bright white head that collapses quickly, but some splotchy and streaky lacing down the glass.

Very citrusy and grassy on the nose right out of the gate. That's complimented by stone fruit, green grape, honeydew melon, blueberry, mango, mint, pineapple, and pine. Mildly dank and quite herbal. Heavy on the juice with a slightly yeasty and green side. A little fruit sweetness and zero green astringency. Quite lovely.

Wonderful semi-sweet fruit salad on the tongue. Naval orange, peach, mango, green grape, lemon rind, passion fruit, underripe pineapple, and overripe grapefruit. Some cereal graininess, lots of dank grass, a nice white wine note, and just at touch of sharp grapefruit pith on the back. Near perfect level of sweetness balanced with nice bitter and grassy aspects. Similar to Yosemite, there's a nice mix of east coast and west coast in this one, even though the hop bill screams New England IPA. Unbelievably drinkable.

Beer looks thin but feels remarkably creamy and smooth. Zero heat. Perfect carbonation.

Similar to Victoria and Yosemite, no one component of this beer is a game-changer. But the sum of the parts is fantastic. Really digging the hoppy beers Living Waters has started canning. Add this one to the list of excellent and highly drinkable hazy IPAs that are meaningfully better than the typical category offering.