Exceptionally good

Wow!… Thick hazy fruity dankness with a mild bitter finish, off to buy more…

Sur la même rue, aussi conseillé par PE : le Cloudwater. Au nez je sens un truc connu type cacahuète (pas sur). En bouche c'est pas mal, même si ça sent un peu la même chose.

This beer has been renamed to Double Dank. Deep and dark opaque straw coloured with fast dispersing head and visible carbonation. Fresh hoppy on the nose with tropical fruit aroma, namely pineapple, mango, passionfruit and grapefruit. Give it a swirl in the glass and you can smell alcohol coming through and some apricot. The can doesn't state the ingredients only saying 'a blend of our dankest modern hops' along with a piece on autumn colours and trees blushing at our inaction on climate change. I hope this isn't a autumn beer that has been sat in the can since last year! Haha. It's very soft and smooth in the mouth, like cream. So soft that it makes you think the body is lighter than it is. It's hefty and serious brew. Deep, rich flavours dished up to you in a velvet manner. I can't emphasize the smoothness and softness enough. The blend of hops is excellent. There's a lack of citrus in favour of dank tropics. My only initial criticism is the lack of resinous hops in the finish, my tongue isn't coated and tingling. You could argue the lack of constant attack on the tongue after swallowing is a good thing in this case. Although resinous hoppiness is good, it would detract from the extreme balance and poise of this beer. 6% alcohol is covered nicely by the flavours of apricot, peach, pineapple, mango and lychee even though they are relatively subdued. I believe there is a DIPA version of this brew and I'm very interested to try that to see if Cloudwater crank up the flavour insensitivity along with the high abv and retain this brews qualities. Speaking of quality, this is very high quality beer and reflects well on their reputation. Cloudwater were one of the first serious craft brewers I tried up in Bermondsey and drinking this takes me back there. It's a million miles away from the collaborative brews that they give Tescos. Double dry hop indulgence, beautiful tropical juice and hoppy flavour.. I'd say this is one of the best beers I've tried this year and stands up tall versus US craft as an equal...or close contender at least!

Hirveän hedelmäinen, mutta humalakas hyöky käy yli varomattoman juomarin. Loppumaku vähäinen, mutta suutuntuma täyteläinen ja ylväs. Persikkaa ja passionia. Humalat ovat kyllä rapsakkaat ja äkäiset. Sameata tykitystä.

Onpas tätä täällä kehuttu. Eikä näköjään suotta. Todella hyvä! Tuoksussa tosiaan dänkkiä ja lisäksi appelsiinia, makeutta ja trooppisuutta. Suutuntuma hiilihappoinen, raikas, ryhdikäs, mehuinen ja pehmeä. Maussa dankkia, trooppisuutta, appelsiinia, havua, greippiä ja karambolaa. Jälkimaku aika kuiva, greippinen ja pehmeä. Tosi hyvä! Aika usein havuiset ja greippiset neipat eivät toimi, mutta nyt on kyllä saatu ne niin sopuisan pehmeästi tähän mukaan trooppisten makujen kaveriksi että aijai.

Dank sharp bitter double dry hopped IPA