Style: Imperial American IPA

ABV: 10.5 IBU: 55.0

99/100

Aroma:	12
Appearance:	3
Flavor:	20
Mouthfeel:	5

Lawson’s Finest Liquids Triple Sunshine IPA

What the brewers say

Explodes with juicy notes of pineapple, grapefruit, and lychee. It exudes potent floral and herbal aromas from a deluge of dry-hopping.

What our panel thought

Fruit-forward with lemon, white grape, orange, and a bit of pineapple. A bit of bread and a hint of toast. A bit of grass and grapefruit as it warms. Quite a bit of white wine super-late in the retronasal. Alcohol is evi-dent but kind of fruity and not harsh.

What our editors thought

[Like a Rick Rubin–produced song that’s over-the-top intense but still keeps every note in the perfect place, it’s] a testament to the art of hops blending where individual characters serve the whole. Bold, strong, fruit-forward, bitterness-checked, and expertly balanced, this is a flavor-forward huge IPA that will convince you to rethink any assumptions you’ve made about the style. Let it warm for maximum effect.

Review printed in: Let's Play IPA (Aug-Sept 2019) (View All Issues)

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**Aroma:** “The aroma—amazing! Flowers, mint, spruce, pine. Great complexity. Citrus, pine, resin, earthy, some fruitiness, almost honeydew/cucumber-like. Floral notes—maybe chamomile. A little grainy sweetness.” **Flavor:** “Big juicy American hops up front with notes of melon, slight orange creamsicle, grapefruit, tangerine, and a touch of pineapple. Bitterness is nice and lingering to carry the hop profile through. Caramel pops up in finish. Some sweetness in background of brown sugar or honey. There is this musty funk that might be a yeast thing—dirt? It’s what it needed to not be cookie cutter bland.” **Overall:** “Close to perfect. All about the hops. Malt stands back and supports. Very good display of the fruit character in the hops balancing the hop bitterness. It had some sexiness to it. It’s fantastic.”

King Harbor Brewing Co Between the Devil and the Deep

“Coconut hop profile sideswipes right up next to citrus pith both in the nose and flavor. Beautiful and pillowy soft body; delicate sweetness underlies a mix of tropical hop character. Understated, but very well crafted and balanced.”

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