Nirvana or Bust
Third Eye Brewing Company
- From:
- Third Eye Brewing Company
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
Ranked #817 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #12,425 - Avg:
- 4.13 | pDev: 4.84%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 17, 2026
- Added:
- Dec 31, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
Medium body and smooth in mouthfeel, this easy drinking NEIPA is ripe with juicy notes of citrus, grapefruit, and a little bit of pine. It's double dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin hops as well as some Citra and Columbus for heightened hop aroma and flavor.
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
4.23/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Fueled with Nelson Sauvin, Columbus and Citra hops, Third Eye brewers try their hand at the haze.
Hazy but off-turbid, Nirvana or Bust takes us on a fruit filled journey that starts with a cloudy golden orange hue and fluffy white froth. It all leads to a vibrant scent of branch ripe tropical fruit, citrus, stone fruit, vinous fruits and berry. Stepping into sweetness, a combination of malt and cereal grain provide a creamy and smooth candied upstart. As the hop flavors pull from floral scent and provide a fruit cocktail of orange, mango, apricot, red grapefruit, passionfruit, gooseberry and pineapple, the taste then tightens into a bittersweet finish of citrus peel, lemon verbena, sun tea, fresh spruce and peppery herbs akin to hemp.
If it’s not the destination but the journey that matters most, Third Eye’s hoppy trip might be the best part.
Feb 19, 2025Hazy but off-turbid, Nirvana or Bust takes us on a fruit filled journey that starts with a cloudy golden orange hue and fluffy white froth. It all leads to a vibrant scent of branch ripe tropical fruit, citrus, stone fruit, vinous fruits and berry. Stepping into sweetness, a combination of malt and cereal grain provide a creamy and smooth candied upstart. As the hop flavors pull from floral scent and provide a fruit cocktail of orange, mango, apricot, red grapefruit, passionfruit, gooseberry and pineapple, the taste then tightens into a bittersweet finish of citrus peel, lemon verbena, sun tea, fresh spruce and peppery herbs akin to hemp.
If it’s not the destination but the journey that matters most, Third Eye’s hoppy trip might be the best part.
Rated by T_Blizzy from Ohio
4.63/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.63/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
No date on can,, believe to be late December canning,, really good! Not as sweet as others!
Jan 08, 2023
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
3.85/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Look - Nice thick orangish haze with a yellow white head
Smell - juicy tropical citrus
Taste - just like the smell
Feel - creamy medium body with a light carb
Overall - nice NE
Jan 16, 2022Smell - juicy tropical citrus
Taste - just like the smell
Feel - creamy medium body with a light carb
Overall - nice NE
Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
4.18/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.18/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I got a can of this beer off the single shelf from my local beer store located just around the corner. It poured a hazy smoothie orangish with white head that is leaving some lace. The scent had dank tropical fruit notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with slight bitter pineapple and tangerine presence. The mouthfeel was medium in body and had good carbonation. Overall it is a solid beer.
Nov 10, 2021
Reviewed by Manta200 from Kentucky
3.94/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Can from the brewery.
Milky pale gold color with a finger thick white head, fair retention.
Aroma of tropical fruit and orange.
Taste is very much fruit forward with a bold hop note kicking in mid plate and a lingering bitterness in the finish.
Medium to full body with a creamy, almost stout like, mouthfeel.
Nice one!
Sep 08, 2021Milky pale gold color with a finger thick white head, fair retention.
Aroma of tropical fruit and orange.
Taste is very much fruit forward with a bold hop note kicking in mid plate and a lingering bitterness in the finish.
Medium to full body with a creamy, almost stout like, mouthfeel.
Nice one!
Reviewed by BigIronH from Michigan
4/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours opaque gold with a finger of white froth reducing to a bubbly ring leaving soapy lacing in its trail. Smell is orange juice, citrus rind and bitter hop. Taste is pineapple/tropical fruit on the front with tart citrus undertone and some bitter hop in the distance but honestly, the bitterness is very well subdued by this recipe. Feel is a fresh blended smoothie. Love this beer.
Sep 05, 2021
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