Reign of Hera
WarPigs Brewing USA

 

On tap at The Brass Tap, Cedar Falls, IA; served in a 5-ounce snifter. Hazy orange-yellow in color, with a snow white head that settled without leaving much lacing. Aromas and flavors of grapefruit, tropical fruit, and citrus zest, with notes of light malt. Bitter, clean, and refreshing, with a medium body and a crisp finish. Excellent beer, highly recommended.

 

Pours a hazy gold with a thumb of cream colored head. Great head retention & solid lacing

S: Some citrus, a little tropical fruit, mostly just orange though, fades as it warms, some dank notes once warm

T: Grapefruit, tangerine, a little passion fruit & lime up front. Pine, dankness & a little grapefruit as this beer warms up. Grapefruit, pine & lime as in the finish

MF: Medium body, restrained carbonation, skews a little bitter for a Hazy IPA, but it still worked for me

To me this this drinks more like a Westcoast IPA, may be it's old? Can't see any dates on the can. The rest of this 6 pack will disappear fairly quick

In what could easily be renamed Reign of Hops, WarPigs gives us a hazy IPA of firm stature, fruit-forward flavor and a stern bitterness worthy of all the bows and praise.

Reign of Hera pours hazy but still translucently golden and with a dense ivory froth. As a bold citrusy scent greets the nose, so do hints of the tropics, soft herb and a pleasant grassiness. All of this is ahead of a smooth cereal-sweet upstart of honey, shortcake and light dough.

But the reign is really all about the bounty of citrus that floods the middle palate with branch ripe tangerine, mandarin and valencia orange, lemon and pink grapefruit. As hints of pineapple, passionfruit and mango follow up, the taste shares character of fruit punch and sherbet before falling to a firm bitterness of fresh spruce, botanical grasses, tea and hemp.

Medium bodied and firm in texture, the creamy ale finishes on the crisper side of malty-dry with a smooth bitterness that slightly outweighs the sweet and persistent malts. Extending into a fruity finish, the aftertaste of fruit peels and spruce give lasting impressions.

Another fantastic brew from WarPigs. Pretty much everything they produce is pure gold.
Hoppy, hazy, malty and slightly sweet with hints of hay, pine and grass. This brewery never disappoints.
I think this one may just dethrone Foggy Geezer as the best in their lineup.

Nice orangish color and white head on this hazy IPA. Nose is tangerine. Taste is tangerine with a decent bitterness. ABV is not very evident on this one. Good beer.