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

Equilibrium x Toppling Goliath King Al

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Brewery: Equilibrium Brewery x Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 7.9%
Style: New England / Hazy Double IPA

Brewer Description: (from Untappd) King AL uses a mashed-up grain bill from MC² and Toppling Goliath’s King Sue before introducing Equilibrium’s absolute biggest dry hop to date with an all Citra Incognito, Citra LUPOMAX, Citra Cryo, and Citra T-90 hop bill. Pouring a milky opaque yellow with aromas of mango sorbet and orange creamsicle, we get chewy saturated flavors of tropical smoothie, fresh squeezed navel orange juice, dank grass, fruit salad in syrup, and lime gummies with a thick and custard like creamsicle finish and a huge blast of EQjuice rainbow melon flavors. King AL is dangerously soft and smooth and may have you questioning the laws of physics, space, time or just how we got a melted orange creamsicle fruit bomb into the can.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.44
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.3

Intro: A 1 pint can, with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a winebar glass.
Appearance: A hazy milky orange colour with a one finger white head that had excellent retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Creamsicle, orange zest, tangerine, mango, with notes of pineapple.
Taste: Mango, orange, creamsicle, a touch of grass, and a lasting melon finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: I love the creamsicle notes which really makes it for me. Easy to drink with enjoyable flavours.

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

Equilibrium x Widowmaker Astral Projection Into Multiple Galaxies

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Brewery: Equilibrium Brewery x Widowmaker Brewing
Country: USA
ABV: 8.5%
Style: New England / Hazy Double IPA

Brewer Description: (from Untappd) Astral Projection into Multiple Galaxies is our first collaboration with our friends from Widowmaker Brewing. We set out to have an out of body experience with mind, body, and soul and travel into multiple galaxies by using a hop combination of Galaxy, Strata, and Apollo Hops. Astral Projections into Multiple Galaxies pours milky yellow with aromas of passionfruit creamsicles, lemongrass, and pineapple and a cosmic flavor profile of mango, orange sherbet, dank passionfruit, grapefruit, and lime PEZ candy with an assorted melon salad #EQjuice finish that will mentally transport you to the galaxies above.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.16
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 1 pint can, with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a winebar glass.
Appearance: A hazy milky orange colour with a one finger white head that had excellent retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Creamsicle, mango, passionfruit, pineapple, vanilla.
Taste: Juicy, mango, passionfruit, pineapple, orange pith, grapefruit, lime soda, with a lasting bitter finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: Loved the creamsicle aroma, and too bad it wasn’t replicated in the taste as the citrus bitterness was quite obvious. However, it was still enjoyable and easy to drink despite not heading in the direction I hoped it would after my first whiff.

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

Equilibrium Fractal Zappa

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Brewery: Equilibrium Brewery
Country: USA
ABV: 6.8%
Style: New England / Hazy IPA

Brewer Description: (from Untappd) We wanted to explore the concord grape notes that Zappa offers so we went with an exclusive Zappa whirlpool and dry hop hop bill. A hazy yellow pour opens up to aromas of pineapple, grape jelly, and nerds candy. Flavors of assorted citrus kissed with purple grape drink, dank sticky icky, fresh cut grass, and pinot grigio grape skins finish clean with an earthy pointed hop bitterness and a splash of #EQjuice.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.16
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 13th September 2022, poured into a winebar glass.
Appearance: A hazy orange colour with a one finger white head that had pretty good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Pineapple, mango, orange creamsicle, grassy, dank.
Taste: Light to moderately bitter, orange peel, mango, grape jelly, melon, dank, grass.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: My first impression wasn’t too good, but as it warmed slightly, it did improve quite a bit and had an especially enjoyable aroma.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Kings Brewing Company, Sour Ale - Smoothie / Soda / Pastry, USA

Kings Fros’e Dr’s Foster

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Brewery: Kings Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 7%
Style: Sour Ale – Smoothie / Pastry

Brewer Description: (from untappd) Fros’e with banana, cinnamon, brown sugar, vanilla ice cream, vanilla and white chocolate to round it all out. In collaboration with Dr. Dabber.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.26
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 1 pint can with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a winebar glass.
Appearance: A thick murky yellow brown colour with a half finger off white head that dissipated fairly quickly leaving no lacing, but lots of fruity bits.
Aroma: Milkshake, banana, vanilla, brown sugar, milk, with a touch of cinnamon.
Taste: Banana, cinnamon, vanilla ice cream, brown sugar, and white chocolate.
Mouthfeel: Thick, full bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Looks wrong upon pouring, but the aroma and flavours work as has been established in a banana foster, which this definitely reminds me of.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, IPA - New England / Hazy Double, Phase Three Brewing Company, USA

Phase Three DDH El Dorado & Vic Secret Crème

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Brewery: Phase Three Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 7.7%
Style: New England / Hazy Double IPA

Brewer Description: (from can) ddh el dorado & vic secret double india pale ale with oats & milk sugar.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.39
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 1 pint can with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a winebar glass.
Appearance: It was a hazy orange colour with a two finger white head that had excellent retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Citrusy, orange rind and zest, with light notes of pineapple and vanilla.
Taste: Sweet and bitter, pineapple, candied grapefruit zest, orange rind, milk sugar, vanilla.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Good balance of sweet and bitter with enjoyable tropical and citrus flavours.