Overhop Hazy New England IPA

Sold in 473mL cans, Overhop Hazy New England IPA’s packaging has a ... creepy, sexy Terminator/Ghost Rider (?) vibe. The cans feature a woman with nearly half a face’s worth of exposed bone and one hoppy eye. They’re weird. But a new IPA from a Toronto brewery (this time(Overhop Brewing Co.) will always bring this boy to the yard, so I picked up a can of the hazy, 6.5%, 50 IBU brew.

The orange-gold beer is attractive as can be—it’s hazy as heck and topped with a fluffy layer of white head. It has a bright, sweet, citrus aroma. The flavour seizes on those themes, emphasizing orange juice notes, and progressing from light and sweet to dank and bitter.

The result is pretty good, though this hazy boi is too sweet from stem to sterm. The beer itself is beautiful, though the packaging is clearly not to my taste, and there isn’t a hint of the sediment that occasionally plagues a lesser NEIPA. Given the opportunity, I’m sure I’d buy this stuff again.

Rating: 8.0 out of 10.