Nelson
Prison Pals Brewing Co.
- From:
- Prison Pals Brewing Co.
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
Ranked #1,357 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #17,731 - Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 7.04%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 19, 2026
- Added:
- Jul 13, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
Amazingly tropical character contributed by a mix of American and New World hops. A cloudy beer, with moderate bitterness, high body, and silkiness from grains (barley, oats, and wheat). The star of the Craft scene.
Hops: Nelson, Citra & Bravo.
Double Dry Hopped
Hops: Nelson, Citra & Bravo.
Double Dry Hopped
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Reviewed by untitledeuphoria from New York
3.45/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Thin mouthfeel, weak flavor, lingering off putting taste... It comes off separated. Hard to describe, but it doesn't present as a cohesive beer.
Easy pass.
Jun 23, 2025Easy pass.
Reviewed by JayQue from Virginia
4.02/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Good NEIPA!!! I had a pint at a sushi restaurant in Miami Airport. Looks like the typical NEIPA - White foamy head and a hazy straw yellow color. The head was large and long lasting with plenty of thick bands of lacing on the glass. Aroma and taste were quite pronounced. A juicy tropical fruit presence was primary but there was also a much better level of bitterness than most NEIPAs. Mouthfeel was both juicy and fairly bitter. A great pairing with my poke bowl and spring rolls.
Dec 18, 2024
Rated by DoctorZombies from Florida
4.37/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.37/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A tasty hazy on draught that still has some bitterness.
Aug 22, 2023
Reviewed by AmeriCanadian from Tennessee
3.89/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Quintessential hazy look: light orange-gold with a creamy haze, bright white head of compact bubbles, little head retention, nice streaks of sticky lacing.
Everything I love about Nelson on the nose: dank, weedy greens, green onion, wonderful vineous qualities, wine grapes, tropical fruit, kiwi. Big and bold, though the Nelson is completely dominant.
That makes for a bit too much of a single good thing on the taste, which hits a lot of great and consistent marks -- dank, semi-sweet, tropical fruity, vineous, weedy, and pithy -- but is a little too one-dimensional. The burbs have some added citrus and semi-sweet juice notes that I wish were more obvious on the tongue. Still tasty and easily drinkable, but the green onion and pith are a little overwhelming so it's a bit of a fall-off from the stellar nose.
Feel is a little fizzy and light for 7%, especially given the creamy look. But still solid and on category.
Aug 11, 2023Everything I love about Nelson on the nose: dank, weedy greens, green onion, wonderful vineous qualities, wine grapes, tropical fruit, kiwi. Big and bold, though the Nelson is completely dominant.
That makes for a bit too much of a single good thing on the taste, which hits a lot of great and consistent marks -- dank, semi-sweet, tropical fruity, vineous, weedy, and pithy -- but is a little too one-dimensional. The burbs have some added citrus and semi-sweet juice notes that I wish were more obvious on the tongue. Still tasty and easily drinkable, but the green onion and pith are a little overwhelming so it's a bit of a fall-off from the stellar nose.
Feel is a little fizzy and light for 7%, especially given the creamy look. But still solid and on category.
Reviewed by MadMadMike from France
3.69/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pint can into a can glass.
Fruity Florida mango and papaya on the nose. Taste follows with an evident hop note.
Wanna go hazy?
Prison Pals is on the Hazy Train.,
Aug 08, 2023Fruity Florida mango and papaya on the nose. Taste follows with an evident hop note.
Wanna go hazy?
Prison Pals is on the Hazy Train.,
Rated by FRANKHAZE from Florida
3.39/5 rDev -14.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.39/5 rDev -14.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Its your run-of-the-mill hazy copy of a hazy of a copy of a hazy of a copy of a hazy. Wouldn't try this brewery again.
Jul 14, 2023
Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona
3.77/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a hazy light golden color with a fresh white head . Smell has berries .garden hop notes and citrus . taste is hoppy follows the nose has some tropical notes of papaya . mouth feel dry more than sweet
Feb 26, 2023
Reviewed by Sandys_Shack from Florida
3.97/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Definitely hazy. The smell announces more fruit than it offers which is a bit disappointing. Still an "ok" IPA to me. Not my favorite though.
Sandy
Co-Owner at Sandy's Shack
Oct 19, 2022Sandy
Co-Owner at Sandy's Shack
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