5050 Brewing Co. West Coast Haze – American IPA at 6.25% ABV (C$6.07 at Collective, 473 ml, packaged on 10-Jul-2022, acquired 6-Oct-2022, reviewed 31-Oct-2022)
Appearance: hazy medium gold with a short, short-lived loose white head, spotty soapy lacing. (3/5) Aroma: stone & orchard fruits, floral, tropical fruit, caramel. (6/10) Taste: moderate sweet, moderate bitter. (7/10) Palate: medium body, moderate carbonation, sweetish medium duration finish. (3/5)
Hopped with Calypso, Azacca, Mosaic, Amarillo, and El Dorado. Not really very West Coast, if you ask me – no dankness or pine to speak of, and the fruit is kind of muddled. Feels like a bit of a bandwagon NEIPA, and not particularly well executed – which, given how ubiquitous the style has become, is sort of inexcusable. (13/20)
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