Just when you thought you had survived the invasion of the Lupuloid, the mothership Beavertown fires off another hop rocket.
Humuloid is an 8% ABV double IPA. It’s described by Beavertown as a “natural extension” of Luploid, but really, it’s from a different planet.
While Lupuloid is a bold, dank, grassy IPA, Humuloid is smooth, hazy fruit-shake of a beer. With wheat and ‘golden naked oats’ (a type with very little husk, rather than very little clothing) in the grist, and the use of Wlp 4000 Vermont yeast, this is a firm nod to the craze for New England IPAs that’s sweeping the craft beer world.
It pours a small off-white head, but you won’t be looking at that because the haze is so striking. The rich, soupy golden murk that fills the glass appears denser than a faraway galaxy, as the picture below demonstrates.
But where Humuloid id really out of this world is the taste. You get lashings of creamy mango, grapefruit and peach thanks to fruitiness from the yeast, and a zesty citrus punch from an 18 g/l dry hop with citra and azacca hops. This also rounds the beer off nicely, with a big bitter finish.
The one negative? It only comes in small cans.
So, grab a Humuloid and get ready to set your tastebuds to ‘stunned’ – this is another successful beer mission from Beavertown.
Thanks to Mats, resident beer guru at the Alehouse Palmhof in Zürich for providing this beer in a trade.
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