NEIPA Reviews
A NEIPA (New England IPA) is a style brewed for more fruit aroma and flavor with less bitterness. Softer and fuller than West Coast or pale ale styles
Vitamin Sea / South Shore Single Fin Mentality NEIPA 6.6%
4 hops (Simcoe, Citra, Comet & Chinook)Fruited & light grass notes waft through aroma. Soft body & light rind beginning will lead to a flavor forward craft even noting mild bittering & carbonation. Balance & blending allows flavors of orange & subtle tropical to become enhanced further in. Consistent bittering aspects remain mild but rooted & much needed helping create a well crafted NEIPA style.. Colder preferred but pick your temp.
Hazy, DIPA & NEIPA camps
Aurora (NY) Krush Fresh to Death NEIPA 6.8%
3 hops ( Citra, Mosaic & Krush) DDH'd
Total fruit aroma. Light carbonation in a light tart base. A soft body makes fruit notes prominent in the DDH'd world in which it resides. Each sip is a bouquet of hop flavors with Krush out front. Holding the sip enhances flavor notes. Mosaic balances the craft with earthy aspects. All this fades at each sip end & you begin again with each passing sip. Again the bouquet of flavor will appear.
A blended well done NEIPA for multiple camps.
Fat Orange Cat (CT) Claws 2 NEIPA 7%
2 hops ( Citra & Motueka)
Earthy & lightly layered fruit aroma. Medium carbonation & light woody bittering will pair with hop flavor of orange & citrus forward notes which will dominate the offering by sip 3. Continuous flavor notes though allow the return of bittering for balance with a nuance subtle spiced ending.
Light enough in body & all other contributions help blend them into a flavorful well paired hop craft. Colder preferred.
An NEIPA for multiple camps to enjoy.
Beer Tree (NY) Awaken the Forest NEIPA 6.3%
4 hops (Citra, Citra cryo, Nelson & Anchovy)
Earthy aroma with nuanced fruit notes. Bittering is resinous & weaves throughout. A flavor burst of tropical, orange, peach & grape arrives early & stays late with tropical a bit dominant but does allow others to the party. An earthy notes provides balance. All aspects are involved start to finish. A very light Nelson semi dry note to finish to each sip.
Balanced & blended.
DIPA & Hazy camps
Greater Good (MA) Pulp Daddy Hazy DNEIPA 8%
2 hops (Citra & Mosaic)
Fruited aroma entices you into a soft body & Medium carbonation. Bright flavors pop in medium bittering & shine further with the addition of lupulin bringing out orange, tangerine & peach in no particular order of appearance. Balance between flavor & bitter is immediate & just right. Lightly dry which doesn't detract from the offering which ends smoothly start to finish. Colder was preferred.
A craft for DIPA & NEIPA camps primarily
Burlington (VT) Uncanny Valley NEIPA 7%
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2 hops (Citra & Mosaic)
Aroma contributions from both hops. Medium carbonation & bittering. Hops work their magic with orange & peach flavors in a creamy soft body Immediately. Mosaic injects an earthy layer towards each sip end. Each sip provides more flavor & gets better as you go. No one aspect overpowers any other from start to finish making this a very easy to enjoy craft.
Most camps will find this appealing.
Mast Landing (ME) On a Mountain in the Clouds NEIPA 6.5%
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4 hops (Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe & Idaho 7)
Aroma is light & earthy w / fruit layers. Soft flavors of orange & citrus come forward & mix with a black tea note that remains a subtle actor throughout. Mosaic & Simcoe create a balance of earthy / pine. Black tea gives this offering an interesting difference. Softer & more flavor enhanced as this matures. "Spiced up" notes that finishes nicely.
Multiple contributions make this an intriguing NEIPA
Cushwa (MD) Literally figuratively NEIPA 6.8%
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3 hops (Motueka, Simcoe & Mosaic)
Mellow fruit & lighty dirty aroma. Soft backbone is propped up with medium carbonation & bittering. A bottom layer compliments of Motueka lays in a woody presence with light Simcoe bittering & Mosaic providing the heavy flavor lift which is dominant. Balance is even between all hops though Flavor is center stage.
Another Cushwa that is as always enjoyable.
Mast landing/Finback Sea People NEIPA 6.9%
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4 Hops (Citra Dynaboost, hyperboost, Simcoe cryo & Chinook)
A dank & deep aroma that doesn't materialize into the body. While remaining "full" , flavors take the stage with enhanced orange & tangerine notes. Bittering is minimal with Chinook providing the above. A nuanced West Coast woody nature begins & ends each sip. All aspects mellow as you go.
A fuller NEIPA offering than most but this also comes with more enhanced flavor.