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Giddy up. I get to try a tropical IPA. This one, weighing in at 6.2 ABV, also claims to be hazy. I guess I'm going to find that out once I pour it, but I don't really care if it's hazy. I'm not sure why anyone does. The wacky orange landscape, combined with the word high on the can, makes me fearful that this might have had a little dank added to it. I'm not a massive fan of it, but I can tolerate it when I encounter it. I'm hoping that I don't get too much in this can.
The beer is hazy enough, I suppose, to be called hazy. The relatively sticky, eggshell white foam never completely leaves the top of the beer, but it still tends to clump in areas in the middle and on the sides. The aroma puts the tropical fruits forward, and they smell delightful. There does appear to be a little bit of dank going on underneath it, but I'm hoping that the fruit carries the day. Much like coffee or sour, I don't know what attracts people to a dank beer, but I know that different people like different things. I'm not going to yuck their yum, but I don't want to taste their beer.
First sip has a dry finish, and it doesn't seem to have nearly as much dank as I had feared. There is some here, and it is obscuring the fruit that I really wanted to enjoy. Obviously, it's not going to be particularly juicy fruit, as I've already indicated that it is dry at the back end. Nevertheless, the brief view of the beverage didn't put me off, but it hasn't knocked my socks off. I guess we will know more with a full swig.
Tip-in is scattered fruit with no defining characteristic other than fruit. The dank has combined with the carbonation to make a sensation that is not particularly enjoyable, but it's not overly grating. The strange, not entirely enjoyable sensation moves to the roof of the mouth as the center tries to become smooth, but it's unable to get out of the way of its own ingredients. The finish curls up with pine and drags dry into the trail off.
Bottom Line: I'm hoping this is the low point of the multipack.
2.25/5
