Tag: Hazy IPA

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Review – BPLB from Crowns & Hops

BPLB, the first Los Angeles release from Crowns & Hops with an assist from Eagle Rock Brewery, doesn’t pour super hazy. Haze being hard to nail down. The first taste leads me to think Session IPA more than the ABV on the can. A bit watery to me with a grassy aroma. Some haze softness and a decent amount of hop bitterness. Part orange, part grapefruit taste here. I want to like it more than I do. I am still looking forward to trying more of their beers as they move towards their own brewing facility and tap room.

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Hazy Outlook

6th & LaBrea (part of the Stalking Horse, Broxton, Bluebird group) will be unleashing (2) hazies a quarter under the brewing supervision of Ignacio “Nacho” Cervantes. The first duo (dyad?) will be released on the 30th of January.

Hazy # 1 – “Unbeknownst” – “a high-gravity hazy made with Citra, Cascade, and Idaho 7.”
Hazy # 2 – “Knownst” – “a more sessionable version of the same beer, that will still leave you with a little bit of knownstledge.”

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Don’t Forget to CC

Angel City has done a recipe refresh on their Do Not Reply All, taking it out of the Double Dry Hopped realm and over into the hazy category.

The new Do Not Reply All is brewed with Ekuanot, El Dorado and Simcoe hops, leading to “tropical fruit and pineapple notes, a creamy mouthfeel and dry finish”.

 

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If a Tree Falls

Ogopogo is not resting on their anniversary laurels, they have dug into more mythology to come up with, ‘Häkuturi’ is a Double Dry Hopped Hazy Double IPA using only New Zealand hops: Southern Cross, Waimea, and Wakatu. Get yourself a can to learn about the the trees.

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Awww!

I am a bit worn down by the special hazy 16oz can releases as I am sure others are, so I found it especially astute of the marketing folk at Offshoot to release their next duet of IPA’s with this label…

Aside from the Z usage, this is a clever way to get above the noise and supply. The charcoal look and the hook of using cats and dogs is a good choice.

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Kid Dangerous

Boomtown Brewery continues their Hazy series and this time it is dangerous as in LA Fashion company Kid Dangerous. If you like their fashion then the four-pack ($18), or tap versions should be just your type of risk.

Per the press release, the Hazy “will be full of delectable summer flavors like pineapples, ripe mango, and nectarines. Clocking in at a weighty 8.2%”.

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Aquanut

The latest IPA craze is yeast based with Norway being the source. L.A. Ale Works is on v2 of their Aquanut that comes out today and this is what they say about it, “This yeast produces intense tropical and citrus fruit flavors, and mild acidity. We double dry-hopped this beer with Idaho 7 and rare Sabro hops. The beer pours bright and hazy and immediately throws off intense pineapple, coconut, grapefruit, and stone fruit aromatics. The body is full and there is a touch of citrus pith on the finish.”

You won’t miss the blue feather adorned can.

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Not Cake (and more ERB news)

Not it is not a French version of the Hazy IPA…

…but it is an egalitarian message for the hazy loving masses that Eagle Rock Brewery will be releasing in early April. Marie Antoinette would approve.

She might even approve of the Mexican elderberries used in this outdoorsy collaboration with Alosta Brewing…

Lastly, the biggest news is that Ting Su and Eagle Rock Brewery is now part of the Female Founders Collective. This group aims to enable and empower female founded business. Hopefully this will lead to more breweries with females in all aspects of the process.