ZeeLander - Toppling Goliath Brewing Company

beagle75

Iowa

4.45/5  rDev +5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a growler into a tasting glass.

A: Very hazy, pale golden color with no foam head. Light lacing remains on the glass.

S: Funky overripe tropical fruit is powerful to the point of being overwhelming.

T: Begins barely off-dry, with pungent tropical fruit hop aromatics that dwarf all other qualities. Fruit takes on a more dry and vinous quality in the middle, using the citric acidity to its advantage. Malt is feather-light but slightly aromatic, appearing just briefly and intermittently during the second act. Bitterness is moderate with fruity hop flavors well integrated throughout.

M: Thin viscosity, wet and slightly acidic on the palate, with moderate carbonation.

D/O: Spectacularly dry-hopped, this beer does one thing and does it well. It is extreme in its presentation of Nelson Sauvin hops, compared to Alpine's Nelson rye IPA. The smell seems bold but simplistic, while the same single-pronged assault of hops upon the palate is much more enjoyable. It does not fatigue the palate, although that quality would depend heavily on whether the drinker had yet acquired a taste for such intensity of hop flavors.

Serving type: growler

02-27-2012 23:41:36 | More by beagle75

durlta

Iowa

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-08-2013 15:21:32 | More by durlta

MinorThreat

Colorado

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-07-2013 12:07:21 | More by MinorThreat

jimmah120

Minnesota

4.29/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25

growler poured into a duvel glass

look is a pale amber yellow. smell is herbal and floral, taste follows with tangy pine and citrus as well. there's a good amount of sweet toasty malt in the finish. medium carbonation is medium, feel is a light medium with no cloying syrup feel.

Serving type: growler

05-07-2013 05:03:02 | More by jimmah120

KWMiles

Minnesota

4/5  rDev -5.7%

05-04-2013 04:27:43 | More by KWMiles

sacrelicio

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

04-29-2013 03:12:32 | More by sacrelicio

will1256

Minnesota

4/5  rDev -5.7%

04-20-2013 20:01:08 | More by will1256

wmobley

Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

04-09-2013 16:39:54 | More by wmobley

Cyclone8

Minnesota

4.75/5  rDev +12%

03-12-2013 15:19:14 | More by Cyclone8

Herky21

Iowa

5/5  rDev +17.9%

03-05-2013 19:36:51 | More by Herky21

Ish1

Minnesota

3.25/5  rDev -23.3%

02-27-2013 21:01:52 | More by Ish1

FeelinSurley

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

02-25-2013 15:12:28 | More by FeelinSurley

daledeee

Iowa

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

02-19-2013 00:58:05 | More by daledeee

doucmehu

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev -5.7%

02-07-2013 00:59:52 | More by doucmehu

akuyper

Iowa

5/5  rDev +17.9%

02-01-2013 19:07:18 | More by akuyper

mothman

Saskatchewan (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

01-26-2013 20:42:11 | More by mothman

Seefeldt

Minnesota

3.75/5  rDev -11.6%

01-25-2013 21:04:39 | More by Seefeldt

Mealhouse

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

01-20-2013 21:21:15 | More by Mealhouse

CWhite

Wisconsin

3/5  rDev -29.2%

01-20-2013 06:21:00 | More by CWhite

Florida9

Illinois

3.98/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

A: very cloudy yellow. Pastel yellow. Forms a a moderately large foamy white head. Very minimal lacing.

S: incredibly juicy. Lots of citrus, orange, mandarin, candied citrus peel.

T: taste is similar, but a bit less complex than the aroma. Slightly bready. Orange, citrus, and tangerine. Not quite as juicy. There is a slight astringency on the finish.

M: lighter bodied. Mild bitterness

O: A nice IPA. Would be very nice over the summer.

Serving type: growler

01-11-2013 01:48:09 | More by Florida9

zonker17

Illinois

4/5  rDev -5.7%

01-07-2013 04:40:45 | More by zonker17

cosmic-ray

Iowa

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

01-06-2013 00:44:24 | More by cosmic-ray

jera1350

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

12-27-2012 22:41:44 | More by jera1350

ducknrunfoo

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

12-03-2012 21:16:05 | More by ducknrunfoo

redblacks75

Iowa

4/5  rDev -5.7%

11-14-2012 15:07:47 | More by redblacks75