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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.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Equilibrium Brewery, IPA - New England / Hazy, USA

Equilibrium Fractal Motueka/Galaxy

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Brewery: Equilibrium Brewery
Country: USA
ABV: 6.8%
Style: New England / Hazy IPA
Other Notes: Simple . Complex . IPA

Brewer Description: Surprisingly could not find release notes, but I assume it’s an IPA hopped with Motueka and Galaxy.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.9
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 21st October 2020. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy milky straw golden colour with a slightly less than two finger white head that had pretty good retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Candy floss, vanilla, biscuit malt, citrus rind and pith, melon, cantaloupe, and peach creamsicle.
Taste: Moderate sweetness, orange zest, candied grapefruit, melon, cantaloupe, pear, grassy.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium bodied, with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: I think it improved the more I drank it. It has fruity notes, but I prefer more stone fruit or citrus fruit flavours and it’s also sweeter than I like it to be.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Burley Oak Brewing Company, IPA - New England / Hazy Double, USA

Burley Oak 100 Citra

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Brewery: Burley Oak Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 8.5%
Style: New England / Hazy Double IPA
Other Notes: Hops – Citra (triple dry hopped)

Brewer Description: (from can) Double India Pale Ale brewed w/ 100% citra hops. All Citra Triple Dry Hopped Double IPA.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.94
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 24th September 2020. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy orange colour with a just over one finger white head that had excellent retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Juicy, mango, pineapple, melon, citrus, orange creamsicle, mandarin, citrus rind.
Taste: Tropical and citrus fruits, pineapple, orange juice, mandarin, melon, spicy hops, bitter finish, citrus pith and rind.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Nice fruitiness, although the melon notes are not really my thing. Good sweet and bitter balance.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Burley Oak Brewing Company, IPA - New England / Hazy, USA

Burley Oak Citralaxy

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Brewery: Burley Oak Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 7.5%
Style: New England / Hazy IPA
Other Notes: Hops – Citra and Galaxy

Brewer Description: (from can) India Pale Ale with that lupulin powder.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.05
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 23rd September 2020. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy orange colour with a one finger white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Tropical and citrus fruits, mango, orange and grapefruit, dank, grassy, with citrus rind and zesty notes.
Taste: Dank, grassy, juicy, mango, orange, with citrus pith and rind bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Nice and enjoyable. Good aroma and easy to drink.