Linger On
Hetty Alice
- From:
- Hetty Alice
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Japanese Rice Lager
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 17, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 11, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Linger On Dry Hopped Rice Lager pours like first light with a pillowy white crown. Bright aromas of starfruit, tangerine and honeysuckle precede delicate flavors of pineapple, passion fruit and english muffin before the crispiest of finishes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by vurt from Oregon
3.89/5 rDev 0%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev 0%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
16-ounce can purchased at John's Marketplace in Multnomah Village, Portland, OR. Date stamp reads "07/28/25 ZIPPY!". (It turns out the date stamp is important, and we will return to it a couple times in this review.) Enjoyed in a nonic half-pint glass.
The label indicates this was hopped with Crystal, Idaho 7, Citra, and Citra Abstrax, which is an optimized hop extract, near as I can tell.
Look:
The body is clear corn yellow. A confident pour raises a finger of loose white foam that dissipates quickly, leaving a susdy ring and two small islands. The 2nd pour was quite hazy, like a witbier.
Smell:
Just like the date stamp says: ZIPPY! Bold scents of tangerine juice and grapefruit peel leap out of the glass, followed by a delicate noble hop floral/woody character. I don't get any rice, but I'll keep checking as the beer warms. (Follow up: There was a smidge of rice in the 2nd, cloudier pour.
Flavor:
To repeat the date stamp again: ZIPPY! Citrus up front, just like the nose, but this time in the form of semi-sweet lemonade with a twist of tangerine peel. Not much malt character to start with, maybe a pinch of grainy sweetness. A light floral/herbal note breaks through the citrus in the middle to suggest unsweetened iced tea with lemon, with maybe some Earl Grey tea sneaking into the mix. A toasted rice flavor comes through beautifully in the finish and aftertaste. Citrus never really goes away. An appealing woody note lingers in the background.
Feel:
The body is heavier than light but lighter than medium. Energetic carbonation partners with the citrus character to scrub the palate and leave it tingling. Crispy finish, very good drinkability.
Overall:
Last year Hetty Alice teamed with Highland Park Brewery (Los Angeles, CA) to create a dry-hopped rice lager which I described at the time as a "session cold IPA." Linger On is more clearly a dry-hopped rice lager, and is the better beer because of it. While I'd prefer a somewhat lighter hand with the citrus hops, I really dig the iced tea with lemon flavor and the way the toasted rice flavor emerges at the end like a ship through fog. Really nice beer. Not necessarily a great example of a Japanese Rice Lager, but a splendid example of a dry-hopped rice lager, which is a style I have developed a fondness for.
Aug 17, 2025The label indicates this was hopped with Crystal, Idaho 7, Citra, and Citra Abstrax, which is an optimized hop extract, near as I can tell.
Look:
The body is clear corn yellow. A confident pour raises a finger of loose white foam that dissipates quickly, leaving a susdy ring and two small islands. The 2nd pour was quite hazy, like a witbier.
Smell:
Just like the date stamp says: ZIPPY! Bold scents of tangerine juice and grapefruit peel leap out of the glass, followed by a delicate noble hop floral/woody character. I don't get any rice, but I'll keep checking as the beer warms. (Follow up: There was a smidge of rice in the 2nd, cloudier pour.
Flavor:
To repeat the date stamp again: ZIPPY! Citrus up front, just like the nose, but this time in the form of semi-sweet lemonade with a twist of tangerine peel. Not much malt character to start with, maybe a pinch of grainy sweetness. A light floral/herbal note breaks through the citrus in the middle to suggest unsweetened iced tea with lemon, with maybe some Earl Grey tea sneaking into the mix. A toasted rice flavor comes through beautifully in the finish and aftertaste. Citrus never really goes away. An appealing woody note lingers in the background.
Feel:
The body is heavier than light but lighter than medium. Energetic carbonation partners with the citrus character to scrub the palate and leave it tingling. Crispy finish, very good drinkability.
Overall:
Last year Hetty Alice teamed with Highland Park Brewery (Los Angeles, CA) to create a dry-hopped rice lager which I described at the time as a "session cold IPA." Linger On is more clearly a dry-hopped rice lager, and is the better beer because of it. While I'd prefer a somewhat lighter hand with the citrus hops, I really dig the iced tea with lemon flavor and the way the toasted rice flavor emerges at the end like a ship through fog. Really nice beer. Not necessarily a great example of a Japanese Rice Lager, but a splendid example of a dry-hopped rice lager, which is a style I have developed a fondness for.
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