Monthly Archives: December 2020

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Hop Hooligans, IPA - New England / Hazy, Romania

Hop Hooligans Crowd Control

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Brewery: Hop Hooligans
Country: Romania
ABV: 6%
Style: New England / Hazy IPA

Brewer Description: (from can) You probably felt the undercurrent. The timid, squeamish whisper of something new, slowly but surely coming your way. It will not bring you false promises, like short-term bursts of delight and brief moments of pause from your daily toils. It will creep into your brain, hijack your senses, turn you into an addict and ultimately ruin you. In time, it will roar and thunder, and the cold, lifeless broadcast of the daily routine will be forever silenced. Not the usual type of cheap manipulation, but rather something that earns your appreciation. The best kind of Crowd Control. Achieve hop bliss.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.97
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 500ml can with a best before date of 21st February 2021. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: It poured a hazy straw golden colour with a two finger white head that had good retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Fruity, pineapple, melon, kiwi, grapefruit, and lemon zest.
Taste: Moderate sweetness, melon, pineapple, with a lightly bitter finish, grapefruit, citrus rind and lime.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Enjoyable easy drinking NEIPA with good sweet and bitter balance.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, IPA - New England / Hazy, Stigbergets Bryggeri, Sweden

Stigbergets Juleljus

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Brewery: Stigbergets Bryggeri
Country: Sweden
ABV: 6.8%
Style: New England / Hazy IPA

Brewer Description: (from can) X-Mas tribute NEIPA.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.01
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 440ml can with a best before date of 7th October 2021. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy mango juice dark orange colour with a one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly and left only sparse lacing.
Aroma: A bit weak overall, but there’s mango, pineapple, papaya, orange, citrus zest, grapefruit, with light grass notes.
Taste: Mango, passion fruit, papaya, pineapple, bitter, grapefruit, citrus rind, slightly spicy.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Another nice easy drinking NEIPA from Stigbergets with good tropical and citrus fruits. Loved the can design and artwork as well.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Equilibrium Brewery x Cerebral Brewing, IPA - New England / Hazy Double, USA

Equilibrium x Cerebral Y’all Need Science

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Brewery: Equilibrium Brewery x Cerebral Brewing
Country: USA
ABV: 8%
Style: New England / Hazy Double IPA
Other Notes: Hops – Citra, Motueka and Strata

Brewer Description: (from website) We recently had a zoom session with our buds from Cerebral and thought it would be funny to mesh our logos together and pay homage to one of our favorite Astrophysicists, Neil deGrasse Tyson. The advocate of science and free thought is often heralded as a champion of rationality and we are big fans. Y’all Need Science uses a big base of oats and wheat and adds a hop bill of Citra, Motueka, and Strata. Upping the dry hop yet again with an exclusive 2020 harvest, Y’all Need Science pours bright yellow with an aroma of assorted citrus and dank grass. The flavor profile is loaded with citrus, peach fruit cup, mango and weed in a crazy drinkable dank finish. Our #EQjuice equation checks out with an A+ here and our thirst for massive flavor through science is indeed satisfied.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.18
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 1 pint can, with no canned on or best before date, but should have been released on 22nd October 2020. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy orange colour with a two finger white head that had good retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Mango, orange, citrus zest, melon, slightly dank.
Taste: Mango creamsicle, peach, orange, lime, citrus pith and rind, grass, with a bitter and dank finish.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium to light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Enjoyable with a good sweet and bitter balance.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Equilibrium Brewery x Other Half Brewing, IPA - New England / Hazy Double, USA

Equilibrium x Other Half Space Dream Lab

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Brewery: Equilibrium Brewery x Other Half Brewing
Country: USA
ABV: 8%
Style: New England / Hazy Double IPA
Other Notes: Hops – Galaxy and Citra

Brewer Description: (from website) Our Biggest Dry Hop. Ever. Period. The next beer in our perpetual Dream Lab series with Other Half is here and it is absolutely galactic. Space Dream Lab starts off with a base of wheat and oats and a whirlpool of Galaxy and Citra before an absolutely absurd amount of out just delivered 2020 Galaxy and Citra went in for the dry hop. If you saw our post last Friday, we literally filled our fermenter to the tippy top with hops, something crazy we could only do with the team from Brooklyn. Space Dream Lab pours like straight yellow Milk with explosive notes of passionfruit, Groove stand OJ, and sticky hops. The flavor is island fruits, orange creamsicle, pineapple in heavy syrup, mango and papaya wrapped up with dank hop profile. It’s milky and creamy finish is loaded up with our #EQjuice making it near crushable. A beer fit for the stars.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.29
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 1 pint can, with no canned on or best before date, but should have been released on 21st October 2020. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy milky orange yellow colour with a two finger white head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Mango, pineapple, citrus pith, orange, with slight dank notes.
Taste: Mango, pineapple, papaya, orange creamsicle, citrus pith and rind, with some grassy and dank notes, and a slightly bitter finish.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Very nice and enjoyable with lots of tropical and citrus fruitiness, and a good bitter finish.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Equilibrium Brewery, IPA - New England / Hazy, USA

Equilibrium dHop 5

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Brewery: Equilibrium Brewery
Country: USA
ABV: 8.5%
Style: New England / Hazy Double IPA
Other Notes: Hop . Science . DIPA

Brewer Description: (from website) dHop5 is a 8.0% DIPA that supersizes one of our favorite Equilibrium IPAs: Fractal Citra/Galaxy. We scaled Fractal’s grain bill, water treatment, fermentation, and super sized the hop bill of citra and galaxy. dHop5 pours a milky yellow releasing aromas of passion fruit, peach, lime, and pineapple all integrated with a sorbet twist. The taste is a bright creamy tropical flavor that is dangerously drinkable and balanced with our signature #EQjuice finish.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.24
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 1 pint can, with no canned on or best before date, but should be released on 20th October 2020. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy orange yellow colour with a two finger white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Fruity, passion fruit, pineapple, peach, mango, grapefruit, lime, citrus rind and pith.
Taste: Juicy, melon, pineapple, papaya, peach, lightly bitter, grapefruit, lime, orange, with notes of grass.
Mouthfeel: Slightly creamy, medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A nice and easy drinking NEDIPA, although the melon flavours were perhaps a little strong for me.