Saturday, 18 July 2020

Brand New Day NEIPA w/Galaxy, El Dorado & Mosaic

A beer from the FVX Series from Toronto’s Granite Brewery, Brand New Day NEIPA w/Galaxy, El Dorado & Mosaic is a 6.3% ale. Sold in 473mL cans, Brand New Day is a super swampy, hazy ale with a dull orange colour and a layer of creamy off-white head.


BND has a substantial fruit nose with notes of grapefruit and strawberry, and a boozy pineapple energy. Tropical fruit sweetness is front facing and continues through the whole experience, and the back end picks up a bit of bitter momentum—I’d have sworn it was higher than the listed 28 IBUs, but there you go.

As NEIPAs go, I thought that Granite’s Brand New Day was a winner. I liked the fruity medley of flavours, the slightly above style bitterness, and cloudy as hell dull colour. It also had a pleasantly mellow mouthfeel. As with most NEIPAs, I’d have liked the booze quotient to be a bit higher, but that’s my beef with the style rather than the fault of this one. The beer isn’t elite, but it’s certainly enjoyable as heck.

Rating: 8.0 out of 10.

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