What's up, guys? Quick little beer
review today. We have Gamera
Hazy Double IPA collaboration between
Tortugo Brewing in Inglewood and
Burnin' Daylight in Lomita. So Tortugo,
great stuff just about a
year old out there and then Burnin'
Daylight probably about six months
old. Haven't had anything from them
so I'm really excited to try this
beer out. Love the artwork, very
fun there. So let's crack this
can open see what's up.
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let's pour this here.
The Aroma that's coming out of the glass
right now is extremely nice. So
this beer is hopped with Galaxy, Nelson,
and Citra. So if you know those
hops at all, you know, very very
good. Very aromatic.
And yeah, a lot of tropical fruit
flavors coming right out of the
glass. Orange Peel, little bit of
Pineapple.
And it's got like a nice fluffy
this to it too. The head is kind
of stickin there right at the
top. It's got a great looking
haze. When it was pouring. I wasn't
sure like how kind of thick and
murky was going to be. It was looking
a little bit thin but actually
the appearance on this looks like
a very nice Hazy IPA. So without
further ado, let's give it a whirl.
Crowbar up.
That's really nice. Right off the
bat, I was getting alcohol, you
know, kind of that like slightly
sweet almost like overly fermented
like overly ripe orange, but then
it really kind of mellows out. You
get nice melon components so, you
know slightly sweet but also on
the subtle side.
Lemon for sure.
Yeah, it's got a really nice sweetness
to the back end on it that reminds
me almost like kind of like a citrus
desert of some kind almost like
almost like frosting, like
a citrus flavored frosting and
I know what you're thinking that
kind of sounds over-the-top sweetness,
but no, I'm thinking a really thin
layer like not over-the-top not
very like thick and grainy and
sugary. But yeah, it's got kind
of like kind of a creamy citrus
component that I really like to
it. The mouthfeel is on point. It's
actually a lot thinner than I thought
it was just from the appearance.
But I really like that in this
case. It makes it a very approachable
beer. I'm taking like really nice
size sips of it, continuing to come
back for more. It's really coating
the entire inside of my mouth and
then washing right away and then
leaving it really juicy like salivating.
My tongue is like really watering.
Mmm really nice beer.
This is sitting at 8% kind of right
on that single IPA to double
IPA line. So you're not going too
big in terms of that Double IPA
ABV range. And yeah, I just
want to keep diving into this glass.
This is really really well done.
If you like, you know, Hazy IPAs
that aren't too creamy murky thick
but have a really nice citrus fruit
component. So this doesn't have
as much of your kind of like sticky
sweet citrus fruit - the pineapple
the mango guava type of stuff.
It's a lot more citrus forward
which brings a little bit of that
like citrus bitterness to it. I'm
not saying that it's West Coast
IPA bitterness, but it has like
a slight kind of bitterness to
the citrus that I think really
balances the sweet component to
it very well. So really well done.
Hazy Double IPA
From Tortugo Brewing and Burnin'
Daylight, Gamera. Check this baby out.
That's your review.
