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4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, England, Gose - Imperial Fruit, Staggeringly Good Brewery

Staggeringly Good Souropod Imperial Triple Fruited Gose – Blackberry, Blackcurrant, Raspberry & Ginger

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Brewery: Staggeringly Good Brewery
Country: England
ABV: 7.3%
Style: Imperial Gose
Other Notes: Blackberry, blackcurrant, raspberry & ginger

Brewer Description: (from website) Redefining the term ‘liquid’ this triple fruited Gose with Blackberry, Blackcurrant, Raspberry and Ginger is inspired by similar beers from breweries such as The Veil and doesn’t so much pour as crawl into your glass. Thick and intense is an understatement, this thing will wreck your glassware and probably ripyou’re your cupboard doors for the hell of it. Get it in your face!

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

Intro: A 440ml can, canned on 29th September 2020, with a best before date of 29th March 2021. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A murky and puree like beetroot purple, with a big three finger purple head that dissipated fairly quickly, while leaving some lacing and puree like bits.
Aroma: Fruity, mixed berry smoothie, blackberry, Ribena, blackcurrant, raspberry, and some light ginger notes.
Taste: Lightly sour, mixed berries, Ribena, blackcurrant, blackberry, raspberry, with a light ginger spicy kick.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, thick, full bodied, pulpy, with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: Easy drinking, very fruity, alcohol well hidden, it’s smoothie like, but is it beer?

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Evil Twin Brewing NYC x Burley Oak Brewing Company, Sour Ale - Smoothie / Soda / Pastry, USA

Evil Twin NYC x Burley Oak Midtown Dew J.R.E.A.M. Code Red

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Brewery: Evil Twin Brewing NYC x Burley Oak Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 4.8%
Style: Sour Ale – Smoothie
Other Notes: Sour Ale brewed with milk sugar

Brewer Description: (from website) The third version of our collaborative soda series! A perfect balance of sweet and sour cherries with a blast of candied lemon. Medium-full bodied. Tart.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.21
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 17th September 2020. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A cloudy deep reddish purple colour with a one finger pinkish head that had decent retention while leaving nice lacing.
Aroma: Cherry coke with a splash of lemonade.
Taste: Sweet, syrupy sweet, with maybe slight sour notes. Cherry, candied lemon, coke, caramel syrup.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: It’s a self-styled Cola-style Sour Ale, but it’s actually way more sweet than sour, even more so than sour cola candies. The aroma is great and despite the sweetness, I do actually enjoy sipping this cherry, lemon, coke mix flavour.

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.