What We Brew in the Shadows
Alley Kat Brewing Company
- From:
- Alley Kat Brewing Company
- Alberta, Canada
- Style:
- Brut IPA
- ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.88 | pDev: 1.55%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 12, 2018
- Added:
- Sep 09, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Unique citrus and tropical hop aromas complement the traditional ingredients of bitter orange peel and coriander, while malted oats and a generous amount of wheat come together to create this smooth White IPA. What We Brew in the Shadows is a playful take on What We Do in the Shadows, a New Zealand mockumentary about the vampires and werewolves of Wellington. Our love of both New Zealand hops and legendary New Zealand director Taika Waititi inspired us to create this White IPA
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.8/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
650ml bottle - a self-described 'New Zealand White IPA', due to the hop schedule, but the orange and coriander additions, well, you know.
This beer pours a clear, pale golden yellow colour, with three fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly off-white head, which leaves a bit of boiling cauldron profile lace around the glass as it lazily recedes.
It smells of dank pine resin, gritty and grainy cereal malt, some coriander and black pepper spiciness, faint generic citrus peel, a hint of earthy yeastiness, and further leafy, weedy, and musky floral hop bitters. The taste is bready and crackery pale malt, sort of acrid orange rind, wan yeasty notes, muddled earthy spice, ethereal tropical fruity notes, and more understated leafy, piney, and floral green hoppiness.
The carbonation is adequate in its palate-coating frothiness, the body a decent medium weight, and mostly smooth, with the spice and yeast elements taking their usual tithe here. It finishes trending dry, the hops, spice, and yeast directing the lingering state.
Overall - yeah, this is definitely a Belgian-style IPA, as the Kiwi hops don't really come across in any appreciable manner. Crisp, and fairly easy to put back, on a day where hibernating inside with a few brews sounds like the most sensible thing to do.
Sep 13, 2018This beer pours a clear, pale golden yellow colour, with three fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly off-white head, which leaves a bit of boiling cauldron profile lace around the glass as it lazily recedes.
It smells of dank pine resin, gritty and grainy cereal malt, some coriander and black pepper spiciness, faint generic citrus peel, a hint of earthy yeastiness, and further leafy, weedy, and musky floral hop bitters. The taste is bready and crackery pale malt, sort of acrid orange rind, wan yeasty notes, muddled earthy spice, ethereal tropical fruity notes, and more understated leafy, piney, and floral green hoppiness.
The carbonation is adequate in its palate-coating frothiness, the body a decent medium weight, and mostly smooth, with the spice and yeast elements taking their usual tithe here. It finishes trending dry, the hops, spice, and yeast directing the lingering state.
Overall - yeah, this is definitely a Belgian-style IPA, as the Kiwi hops don't really come across in any appreciable manner. Crisp, and fairly easy to put back, on a day where hibernating inside with a few brews sounds like the most sensible thing to do.
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