Much better than the mango NEIPA we had back in March! Light and pleasant

Another in a long line of, I'm sorry to say it, boring IPAs.

Another juicy IPA. So far, Siren hasn't thrilled me, but I didn't hate it, so 🤷‍♀️

It markets itself as a "Fruit Smoothie" beer, and while I was skeptical I think it actually hit the mark. Smooth, fruity, and… this will sound gross when I say it, but it's not: actually kind of thick? It feels like a beer smoothie.

Got this on a whim during a visit to San Luis Obispo (where it's brewed), and was pleasantly surprised! It had the same citrus-first experience as something like a Radler, with the smoothness and body of a good hazy IPA.

The Alphonso is a Mango NEIPA, which comes in a textured 440ml can. At 5.8ABV I expected it to be a great addition to a KFC dinner, but unfortunately it got worse as it went on. For the first time, the can was too big. In a smaller can, a shorter time between starting and finishing the drink, I might have liked it more. It starts well, but just doesn't last.

I'm struggling to find anything unique here. It's a cheap, reliable session IPA that tastes wholly the same as every other session IPA you've ever had. But maybe that's the point? It's not "high voltage" after all—maybe this a mold they're not trying to break.

I think this means I've tried all of the Camden beers so far? Like usual, this one is very nice, a little fruity, and makes for a perfectly suitable after-dinner beer. But at the same time, it's nothing mind-blowing. Just nice, and worth the low price of entry.

I'll be honest, the art was what got me to buy this -- I've been playing a lot of Sable lately and the Moebius-style art is on my mind a lot as a result. But the beer turned out to be good, as well! It's a "hazy" IPA, and while I'm still not sure what that means, it had a much fuller and fruitier feel than most IPAs, so I liked it a lot.

I was curious about Hiver's focus on bees (you can go to the "Hiver Bee & Beer Experience" they host to learn about bee-keeping), and was surprised by how much honey you can actually taste in the IPA. It's smoother than most IPAs I've had, while staying refreshingly light. Highly recommended.

The can says "taste: mango/citrus", but I think they may have gone to the LaCroix school of flavoring. It tastes like an IPA that sat next to a mango.

Labeled a "California IPA". I already squint pretty hard at "American-style" beers, so I was even more sceptical of a supposedly-Californian beer (that I, a Californian by birth, had never heard of) on the shelves in west London. That said, I did enjoy its fruitiness (bits of berry and citrus), though my partner didn't like it.

American-style hazy IPA in a tall boy can. Light and "drinkable" (ooo, buzzword), but nothing to write home about.