All the Terra
The Drowned Lands

 

 

Pours an opaque muddy straw color with a finger of head. The nose is a mixture of graininess and tropical fruit. The flavor has some juiciness but it is overwhelmed by a dry cidery note that is likely a result of the high abv.

It's hard to make a juicy IPA with this high of an abv. I give the brewer credit for the bold attempt, but the results fall short.

 

 

Fairly dark color for an IPA, brownish-orange. Excellent head production, retention, and lacing.

Intensely juicy on the nose. The malt base and alcohol provide some sweetness, but not overmuch. Papaya, tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple. There's a wonderfully noticeable slightly sour yeast expression, as well, along with minor notes of banana and clove.

Thick and sweet on the palate. Mild dankness. Intensely juicy. Banana pineapple puree with papaya, tangerine, cream, white bread.

Reviewed approximately one week after canning. Poured into a Willi Becher glass. It pours a murky, dirty tangerine color with over a finger of creamy, bright white head and copious thick lacing. The smell offers lemon, grapefruit, mango, tangerine, and oat cream. The taste is sweet and strong with hints of tart citrus competing with ripe mango, berry, tropical fruit and sweet oats. There is an earthiness beneath the fruit and a hint of pine but only modest bitterness. It's a fairly simple recipe and the Zappa hops compliment the Mosaic nicely. The mouth feel is super thick and viscous with moderate carbonation, and it drinks big at 12% ABV. It may not seem high at first but it catches up. Overall, this is a well-made QIPA. Drowned Lands kept it relatively simple and succeeded. If you don't like IPAs of this gravity, then All the Terra may not be your thing. But I really enjoyed it.