Cannery Brewing Company HDHC Mosaic IPA – American IPA at 7% ABV (C$4.81 at Collective, 473 ml, packaged on 25-Mar-2021, acquired 25-May-2021, reviewed 28-May-2021)
Appearance: hazy straw with two fat fingers of rocky white head, good retention and moderate soapy lacing. (4/5) Aroma: bright juicy citrus, tropical fruit, pale biscuity malt, dank resiny pine. (9/10) Taste: moderate sweet, moderate bitter. (9/10) Medium body, moderate-lively carbonation, off-dry moderate bitter slightly spicy finish. (4/5)
This is a new technique to me, apparently pioneered by Other Half: High-Density Hop Charge, using pelletized hops, lupulin pellets, and Incognito™ CO₂-extracted hop oil. In other words, take the single-hop concept, crank it to 11, and break off the knob. And damn, that is some shit: think, Mosaic on crack. Juicy fruit on the front end, dank pine on the back, and a mild spicy hop burn in the finish. Easily and by far (nearly two full standard deviations above the mean: for n=12, μ=7 & σ=0.89) the best I’ve ever had from Cannery. I could quite happily drink arbitrarily more of these, until I fell over. (17/20)
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