It's Like I'm Having the Most Beautiful IPA and the Most Terrible Nightmare at Once
Evil Twin Brewing in Ridgewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Thimble Island BreweryIPA - Triple New England / Hazy Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.31
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 1/18/2018. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of huge tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/zest, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance; and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, fairly sticky, and lightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mildly warming alcohol for 10.5%. Overall this is an amazing NE DIPA! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV; with the mellowly bitter/drying finish, never aggressive. Extremely juicy and fairly dank hop complexity; sizable malty backbone as expected of the ABV, but not too sweet/heavy feeling. A highly amazing offering, and spot on style example. Great showcase of the Galaxy, Simcoe, and Citra hops.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sorry, the beer name wouldn't fit. It should be It's like I'm Having the Most Beautiful IPA and the Most Terrible Nightmare at Once. Draft at Salud Cerveceria. Hazy to cloudy golden color white head. Tropical fruit and orange peel aroma. Taste is bitter orange sourdough bread grapefruit. Extra points for the name