12 oz. Can
This one pours a little darker than most double IPA's, and a little cloudier as well. The head is a thick, foamy off white, about an inch thick (it does slowly fade into a thin layer of bubbles floating on the top). Nice pine scent in the nose, followed by some light citrus scents - tangerine and grapefruit mostly. There's some sweetness and minor tropical notes in there as well, but nothing concretely distinguishable. Really nice tangerine and grapefruit sweetness flavors up front - very strong, followed by a refreshing, piney, hop bite and a dry finish. Really nice balance between the two types of flavors. Alcohol very well hidden for 11.1% ABV, less carbonation than I'm used to in an IIPA, but it works.
A really nice beer, great showing from Sixpoint brewing, one of the only breweries that distributes their beer solely in cans. My only complaint about this one is that I wish there was a little less sweetness - it kind of clashes on your palate with the hop bitterness at the end (though I'm not sure even reducing the sweetness would help here). If you like nice tangerine/grapefruit flavored IIPAs, this is your beer. My only caution with this one is to be careful, Hi-Res has very high drink-ability for such a high ABV.
Overall Rating: 4.5/5
This one pours a little darker than most double IPA's, and a little cloudier as well. The head is a thick, foamy off white, about an inch thick (it does slowly fade into a thin layer of bubbles floating on the top). Nice pine scent in the nose, followed by some light citrus scents - tangerine and grapefruit mostly. There's some sweetness and minor tropical notes in there as well, but nothing concretely distinguishable. Really nice tangerine and grapefruit sweetness flavors up front - very strong, followed by a refreshing, piney, hop bite and a dry finish. Really nice balance between the two types of flavors. Alcohol very well hidden for 11.1% ABV, less carbonation than I'm used to in an IIPA, but it works.
A really nice beer, great showing from Sixpoint brewing, one of the only breweries that distributes their beer solely in cans. My only complaint about this one is that I wish there was a little less sweetness - it kind of clashes on your palate with the hop bitterness at the end (though I'm not sure even reducing the sweetness would help here). If you like nice tangerine/grapefruit flavored IIPAs, this is your beer. My only caution with this one is to be careful, Hi-Res has very high drink-ability for such a high ABV.
Overall Rating: 4.5/5
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