Reply Hazy Try Again

canned on 7/27/26, tasted on 9/29/26 Huge, fluffy, soft white foam of normal retention. Appealing thick hazy, looks like a smoothie. Beer color is amber orange. Big tree fruit nose is my first impression. The aroma notes are apricot like, and then soft papaya. Very pleasing aroma, if a tad on the light side. First taste is a mélange of tree and tropical fruit. Starts sweet and then quickly morphs into a soft orange citrus bitterness, a good balance between the sweet and bitter. Individual flavor notes were hard for me to distinguish, it's a a blur of a big mix of fruits. Mouthfeel was a tad thivck. Overall a very satisfying and unique taste. Another well executed brew by HB. This brew would be competitive with the top tier hazies (yes, even vs. Tree House). Almost veers into a smoothie style IPA, except there are no adjuncts, all the fruit flavors via hops. This beer is not a one off, but I don't know the rotation position this has for the prolific HB brewery. If you see this beer and it's within two months of canning, buy it.

Purchased at Flight Bottle Shoppe on 2020-10-15. Date on can of 2020-10-12. Pours cloudy with a couple of inches of white foam. Sticky, thick lacing begins as it recedes slowly. Aroma of orange, lime, grapefruit, and mango. Sweetness edge. Taste is mango and orange. Grapefruit late that lingers with a hop burn. Light body with a zingy carbonation that includes a hop burn, late and long. Dry. The taste is a bit flat as compared to the aroma. The body is really light and doesn't bring much to the beer. The hop burn seems like it shouldn't have still been there at this point. They make so many good beers that I wouldn't chase this down again. Enjoy!