Rugged Outlook V1
Humble Forager Brewery

 

Poured this into a water glass - surprisingly large head for this beer style. Opaque, like orange juice. Tastewise, it's a nuanced IPA. Sweet at the start, with moderate hoppy bitterness coming in soon after. Almost like a tart citrus juice. There's some piney flavors that sneak in in the after taste.

Overall, an enjoyable nuanced IPA.

Edit: After reading other reviews here, I thought to look at the brewed on date. I am writing this in late July, and the can I had was brewed 04/06. My can wasn't bad or anything I don't think, but that might explain why some of the more tropical flavors others have noted weren't so noticeable to me

I tried this from the can poured chilled in a glass

The color is hazed golden with thick white head
The smell is pretty fragrant with hops of a tropical and citrus aroma
The feel is very good with moderately bitter and mild sweetness a good mix of hops with low astringency and mostly dry finish with no alcohol apparent or at least not excessively so for the abv
The taste is a good blend of tastes from the hops with citrus zest and tropical fruit with a mild malt base yet a moderately bitter effect in the finish with is on the dry side, the body is semi full with malt balance and gentle sweetness but there is not a lot of alcohol in the taste which I like
This is a very good IPA, focus is on hops and it is strong but not coarsely bitter or intense in alcohol the malt does not detract from the hop flavor and I like the way the hops are expressive in both flavor and aroma

16 ounce can into a tulip snifter. Canned 4/6/21, had 5/20/21.

Pours a hazy yellow orange, with a one and a half inch foamy head with good retention and a decent amount of foamy lacing. Aromas of pineapple, mango, melon, some peach, malt, some herbal hops, light pine. The flavors mostly follow along- pineapple, grapefruit, melon, pine, herbal hops, malt, light mango, a touch of honey. There’s a decent amount of hop bitterness midway through the finish. Smooth, a very good lighter body, a little dry, well carbonated.

This is good, the hop blend works well, but the honey has little impact. It’s certainly enjoyable, but nothing really stands out.

 

16oz can from Tavour. Murky, hazy yellow pour with creamy white head. Light aroma, faint bready malts and citrus. Taste features a little bit of juice, grapefruit peel, sweet and tart. Triple IPA at 9%, so not over the top in ABV, but still very gentle on the palate.

Very, very good head production and retention. Foam is off-white, almost a light beige. Body is completely opaque, lemon yellow-orange in hue.

Nose is pineapple-forward, along with notes of guava, mango, papaya, peach, cream, and mandarin orange. Lighter notes of bright herbs and dank earthiness.

Somehow a touch sour on the palate; something isn't playing quite right. The bright herbal notes are at first pleasant, if a touch green and vinous, but give way to a menthol-like flavor. A bit of dirt-like earthiness. There are nice citrus notes, and it's not exactly bad, but it's really not what I expected, and those notes I've described are not traditionally pleasant.

Mouthfeel, as a point of excellence, is creamy and smooth.

Ultimately, I'm not sure what is going on with the hops, or perhaps the honey and/or oat cream, but this is a 9% ABV IIPA that I simply don't care to finish - or even finish half. A shocking disappointment from Humble Forager.

A: The beer is very hazy to cloudy pale yellow in color. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that left a short head covering the surface and lots of lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of lime and pear are present in the nose along with notes of mango and pineapple.
T: The taste follows the smell and has additional notes of grapefruit and herbal hops. Only a light amount of bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels medium-bodied and rather juicy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I found the flavors in the taste of this New England IPA to be incredibly complex.

Serving type: can

 

Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on April 26, 2021.

 

Pours a hazy golden color with off white head and lacing ,Smell is dank fruity hops with citrus and garden berries.. Taste is fruity several hops play in as well as oats and honey,grapefruits and melon. A soft mouth feel with oats and honey more dry than sweet with hops some lingering bitterness.