Hop Roulette: Pacific Jade
Abomination Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

Brewed and canned by Dorchester Brewing, Boston, Mass. but apparently "for" Abomination. Hazy yellow brew with modest foam in the Hopleaf goblet. Tangy and acidic mothfeel with a massive fruity backwash. Mango aroma with fermenting pineapple. Citrus flavors with more lime biting the tongue.

This is a pretty good DIPA if you like the murky style. Can't argue with the interesting hops and just a little bitterness in the aftertaste. It's just really sharp in the mouth. Nice art on the 16 oz can. This showed up at the beer store in Bellingham, Wash. for some reason.

Poured into a tulip, the appearance was a fairly milky yellow color with a nice froth at the top of the glass. Not much lace, just a touch of it, slightly concave and sliding with the sips.
The aroma had a wonderful blend of sweet pineapple chunks with grapefruit, nectarines and some lemon pith.
The flavor carries a fine smooth blend of all of those previously mentioned aromas - sweetly with a gentle bitterness and some light tartness. Aftertaste of pineapple chunks and lemon juice.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a kind sipping quality about it. Nice low key carbonation. Fairly smooth on the finish with lemon juice and pineapple juicy hops.
Overall, very nicely done New England styled one, I'd have again!

 

Mildly cloudy, light golden hued body; thin yet creamy head, lasting. Sweet, citrusy aroma; pineapple and tangerine. Excellent taste with notes of fruity juiciness and baked sweet bread grains; a bit of grapefruit and lemon; a touch of powdered sugar; subtle hop bitterness; acidic. Heavy body with some nice acidic bite; nearly velvety mouthfeel with the residual sugars; semi-dry mouthfeel but tempered with some sweetness.

This beer came in a Tavour delivery back in mid-September, so the freshness range is pushing it. Yet the beer retains some memorable hop notes and flavors. I really enjoy the semi-sweet malt notes I'm picking up at this point as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned in 8/2019. Pours very hazy/cloudy deep golden amber color with a 1-2 finger fairl dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big blood orange, tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, mango, honeydew melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/zest, wood, black peppercorn, pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big blood orange, tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, mango, honeydew melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/zest, wood, black peppercorn, pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of blood orange, tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, mango, honeydew melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, black peppercorn, pine, wheat, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, fairly sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.6%. Overall this is an awesome NEDIPA. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the ABV, with the mellowly bitter/resinous/drying finish; awesomely soft feel. Awesome Pacific Jade showcase. Very juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a perfectly balanced wheat/oat/malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example as expected.