9.6% ABV. Surly Brewing, Minneapolis/Brooklyn Center, MN.
I broke the barrier for this one. It's a $19.99 4-pack, because you all are buying them, so why can't they all be $4.98 cans. If they're DDH enough, and hazy enough. Let's see if it's worth the coin.
Hazy. (But not the full-on hardcore orange-juicy haze that the haze hounds crave. They've never made one of those, and I for one don't care if they ever do.) Bold golden tones, slim white head.
In the nose: Fruit notes are bumping here, citrus and tropical aplenty. Grapefruit and pineapple bump and grind. Quite nice.
In the mouth: Juicy, bitter, and powerful. Pungent malt plays a part. Alcohol shows up early. Bitterness buzzes out quick, and lets the juice shine in. Mix of the citric, the tropical and the stone. Apricot gets in on with grapefruit and tangerine. Delicious. I can see the appeal here.
But not $4.98 a can delicious. And there was no "glowing."
A flicker. A buzz. Suddenly, this hazy double IPA crackles to life with an electric jolt. Double dry-hopped with Huell Melon, Amarillo, Mosaic, and Centennial hops, this juicy, fruit-forward DIPA glimmers with citrus and stone fruit flavors.
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