Cascade Fog
No-Li Brewhouse

I got a steroid can of this beer from Sunset Food Market in Spokane, Washington. It poured a hazy orangish with white head that is leaving some lace. The scent had tropical citrus peel notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with semi sweet malt base with bitter tropical citrus fruit presence. The mouthfeel was medium in body and had good carbonation. Overall it is a solid beer.

 

 

19.2oz can picked up at Safeway in North Spokane, WA
Poured into a Bonsai Brewing 9th Anniversary glass (similar to a willi becher)

P caramel/copper w/ an ever so slight haze; 1f slightly off-white head; recedes fairly quickly; darker in color and less hazy than expected; med lace left behind
N med to med bold bready malt, caramel, resin, and a fruity note; pleasant
T follows nose w/ a nice blend of caramel and bready malt, melon, and a touch of peach; different than expected but fairly tasty
Mf med-bodied w/ soft-med to med carb
O definitely not the hazy I was expecting, but a pleasant drinker nonetheless- would have again

Review date: 03.19.25
Can date: not captured

 

 

Poured from 19.2oz stovepipe can into a dimpled mug. Canned on 11/13/23.

Appearance: murky dark-orange hue with two fingers of pillowy ivory foam with a hint of orange to it atop. Great!

Smell: quite sweet with a rather herbal, earthy, and berry-like hop aroma. Not bad, but perhaps a bit sweet for me.

Taste: sweet, slightly toasty malt base, with fruity, slightly dank hop character; it’s a bit earthy as well, as in the aroma. It’s not bad, but between the sweetness and the kinda berry-like fruit flavor to the hops, there’s kind of an almost cloying aspect to this. It’s not super strong, but it’s enough to make this beer not as good as it could be.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a decent carbonation and creaminess.

Overall: not a bad beer necessarily, but too sweet for my taste, with not quite enough hop complexity to make up for that.

 

19.2oz stovepipe can from my brother, pours a hazy yellow with some pretty decent NW vibes of citrus peel and earthy spice with a bready malt profile...the palate is very balanced and enjoyable, for a 7.5abv it drinks fairly well.

 

 

tasty stuff, i remember not being in love with some of their other hoppy beers over the years, but this is sold, cool that its in the tall cans too, a pretty big dose of hazy beer for me generally speaking, but this drinks lighter than either its appearance or stated abv would suggest, and this ended up being almost refreshing for me, a perfect beer for chips and salsa at happy hour after a long week! muted brassy look to this, not into the amber range but a little deeper than the yellow pale ones in this space, pretty hazy but not too thick or sedimented, and it has a pretty airy white head on top making it look lighter and alive. the nose is spicy up front with some peach juicy character, a touch of malt sweetness interrupting but its immediately unique to me in terms of hop profile. i get citra for sure, but im not sure what else, the stone fruit that is popping throws me off, an almost candied thing happening, and its all there in the flavor too, not too distracted by the grain. lemon curd and lemon candy, zesty orange, canned pineapple, fresh honeydew, and ripe yellow peach to me, sweet though the finish and hardly bitter at all. the alcohol is extremely well hidden, and there is a great frothy texture to this without the malt making the beer heavy. juicy and fresh tasting, holds up to spicy and acidic food well, and overall one of the better hoppy beers i have had from these guys to date, the 19.2 ounce can was not too big a dose for this...

Pours a hazy gold color with a creamy white head. Smell is faint and fruity. Taste is balanced with a lot of sweet malt flavor and some mild fruit bitterness. I'm not much on the hazy style but this is drinkable.

12 oz can served in pint glass. Thick amber haze, sludgy and very nearly opaque, with a small bit of head formation. Tropical, juicy hop aroma. Flavor combines the traditional sappy pine tar of NW IPA with the much fruitier and less bitter NE IPA. A good combination and balance, and deceptively strong, too.

 

12oz can from Hops & Bottles. Pours out dark golden, hazy, small cap of foamy head. Faint citrusy aroma. Taste is a mellow blend of bready malts and light citrus peel and oranges. Subtle, but really tasty and crushable for sure.

This is an above-average hazy, and I'm happy to say that was true after drinking one that was room temperature. The lightly bitter hops are balanced by a mellow citrusy-ness, which belies its strength. Out of Spokane in Eastern WA, they have some decent beers, and this one is worth a try.

Poured from a 12 ounce can into a IPA glass.

Look- Medium gold, hazy, frothy white head, above average head retention and lacing.

Smell- Citrus, orange, melon, mango.

Taste- Citrusy (predominantly orange), ripe melon, slightly earthy.

Feel- Thin body (I would expect more body from this style), average carbonation, low bitterness.

 

12oz can poured in to a nonic glass, No can dating.

Look- Hazy darker golden amber color. modest off-white head with great retention and solid lacing. light carbonation streams visible.

Smell- Tropical fruit (pineapple, papaya and mango), citrus (pithy orange, grapefruit and lemon), peach skin, caramel malt, light white pepper, faint pine and other floral/spicy hop notes.

Taste- Similar to the aroma, juicy tropical fruit, citrus, faint melon and peach, sweet malt, pine and pepper back end. pretty well balanced.

Feel- Medium bodied with a light bitter finish, light alcohol warmth comes off. Light carbonation on the tongue.

O- A nice IPA from a rather obscure Washington brewery, actually probably the best offering that I've had from them. Worth checking out.