Offshoot Beer Co. Visions – American IPA at 6.9% ABV (C$5.80 at Collective, 473 ml, packaged on 29-Jan-2021, acquired 17-Mar-2021, reviewed 25-Mar-2021)
Appearance: hazy pale gold with two fat fingers of loose pale ivory head diminishing gradually to a thin ring, spotty lacing. (3/5) Aroma: juicy citrus, tropical fruit, resiny pine, oats, melon, herbal. (9/10) Taste: moderate sweet, moderate bitter. (9/10) Palate: medium body, moderate-soft carbonation, off-dry medium duration finish. (4/5)
Brewer notes indicate it’s hopped with, well, everything: Citra, Mosaic, Amarillo, Centennial, Cashmere, El Dorado, and Simcoe. (What, nobody’s come up with a “Kitchen Sink” hop yet?) There’s also three malts: 2-Row, Flaked Oats, Carafoam. With all that, I’m a little surprised they limited themselves to just the single London III yeast! Not that I’m complaining: this little number is quite the juice bomb, and other than being a little bit fugly, pretty much nails the spec with big aroma, restrained and balanced sweet and bitter, and pleasant drinkability. As usual, The Bruery doesn’t disappoint. (Well, Offshoot doesn’t, anyway – I’ve had four of that cadet branch’s efforts so far, all solid eights, but I’ve known the mother brewery to have some pretty spectacular failures. On the other hand, they’ve also had some of my highest rated examples ever, so, risk big win big lose big I guess.) (16/20)
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