Score
7.50
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CO 28/11/19, BB 28/08/20, 500ml can;Over best before but let see what we get;Still surprisingly aromatic on the nose for 9 months old can packed with hops, medium fruit sweetness of ripe papaya, mango, lychee, dry herbs, hop dust, grape juice, wood, pine
Can. Unclear darker yellow color, full sized whitw to off-white head. Aroma is malts, heavy resinoua hops, sticky hops. Flavor has a heavy malty base, with on top of that more of that resinous hoppiness, spruce, sticky hops, hop bitter although I had expected it to be more bitter. The aticky overwhelming hoppiness makes it a little more sweet I presume. But bot oh boy, this is an old school one it seems. In any case it's been quite a while since I've had a DIPA with these sticky hop and resinous notes. Lovely. Thoroughly enjoyed this one.
Pours bit unclear, warm blonde. Creamy, medium sized white head. Smell is strong, malty, piny undertone. No real booze, but the scent gives away it's a strong and intense beer. Taste is very full, malty, bit 'funky' malts. Perhaps a lot of oats / rye ? Sweet beer ( lactose ) with a fruity ( pineapple, mostly ) and piny back. Very low on bitterness. Creamy, lower carbo. Long finish ( malts and fruits ) Very intense !
Can, courtesy of my in-laws. Pours hazy orange brown. Toffee, grapefruit, orange, guava, little too much toffee, grass, pine, a really bad cardboard grass finish. Good body. Not great.
Draught Hazy orange-metallic beer under a good, dense snowwhite head. Bit piney, hopoils, resin. Not a very powerful nose, however. Faint banana(peel). Sweet-bitterish, oily & hoppy character. Faintly spicy, dried green leaves, Lindenleaf. Bit cheesy, and finally lots of maltbacking. Warming up, the (pale) malthints get stronger. Very slick to oily and viscous; hopoil dominated. Aftertaste has more than a bit of straw, Hessian. Not that special. Maltbacking starts to dull the beer warming up.
500ml can. Hazy golden, stable off-white head. Aroma of ripe tropical fruits, pine. Taste is very sweet, fruity, mango, passionfruit, pine, malts, slightly dank. Full bodied. Boozy finish but drinks well under the 10% abv.
Hellooooo hops! Lots of grapefruit and watermelon. Loads of pine and pith. Soft malts. Excellent water profile. Super smashable despite the hav. Lots of lemon bonbons and sherbet on an exquisite long and fruity finish. Stunning.