Function
Living Häus Beer Company
- From:
- Living Häus Beer Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.55 | pDev: 3.38%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 16, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 16, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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4th in a series of 8 NW collaborations for Function's 8th anniversary.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by NickSMpls from Washington
3.43/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Undated can, but sure to be Aug '25. Pour is an unfiltered straw yellow. Light head fades rapidly away. Nose is hard to describe...a piney background that yields to a light bitterness and floral accents. Not really in IPA territory. It's more a pale ale. The combo seems to have missed the intended target.
Sep 16, 2025
Reviewed by vurt from Oregon
3.66/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.66/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
16-ounce can purchased at the original John's Marketplace in Multnomah Village, Portland, OR. Date stamp reads "08/04/25 YOU ARE EIGHT!". Enjoyed in a nonic half-pint glass.
The label artwork is terrific. It has 8 illustration strips which represent the 8 collabs and their 8 years. The 4th slice on this can is highlighted to represent this beer in the series.
The beer is medium gold with yellow highlights. The white foam dissipates quickly and leaves disparate fragments of lacing. There is a disconnect between the nose and the taste, which makes for a somewhat puzzling beer. The nose is sharply piny with a backdrop of citrus (grapefruit and orange peel). The flavor is quite different: pineapple, toasty malt, and some citrus as an afterthought. It tastes more like a pale ale than an IPA. The middle is a confusion of fruits and a slice of pound cake. The pine in the nose comes through in the finish, next to the lingering malt and echoes of orange peel and apricot-pineapple preserves. Underneath is a low-level earthy bitterness. It is medium-bodied with a rather soft texture that could use more bite. A wealth of small bubbles provides lively carbonation.
I didn't have any problem finishing it, but I didn't love it. The nose was easily the best part of this beer.
Aug 18, 2025The label artwork is terrific. It has 8 illustration strips which represent the 8 collabs and their 8 years. The 4th slice on this can is highlighted to represent this beer in the series.
The beer is medium gold with yellow highlights. The white foam dissipates quickly and leaves disparate fragments of lacing. There is a disconnect between the nose and the taste, which makes for a somewhat puzzling beer. The nose is sharply piny with a backdrop of citrus (grapefruit and orange peel). The flavor is quite different: pineapple, toasty malt, and some citrus as an afterthought. It tastes more like a pale ale than an IPA. The middle is a confusion of fruits and a slice of pound cake. The pine in the nose comes through in the finish, next to the lingering malt and echoes of orange peel and apricot-pineapple preserves. Underneath is a low-level earthy bitterness. It is medium-bodied with a rather soft texture that could use more bite. A wealth of small bubbles provides lively carbonation.
I didn't have any problem finishing it, but I didn't love it. The nose was easily the best part of this beer.
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