Toppling Goliath Fire, Skulls, & Money
Inspired by a trip to the west coast, designed to capture the wild spirit of adventure, and brewed to be enjoyed with friends. This rich IPA is for those with wanderlust in their heart and fire in their eyes. Join our citra, mosaic, galaxy, and nelson hops on a journey to the bottom of your glass.
3.9
216 reviews
Decorah, United States
Community reviews
Sweet and fruity hops dominate, with peach, mango, grapefruit (which stands up later) and melon. There is a noticeable biscuity layer in support. Clean fermentation.
Hazy orange, a medium creamy and everlasting head with excellent lacing.
Tastes moderately bitter, but not sweet, although the juicy hops have a sweet impression. Grapefruit, mango and peach come to mind first. Some minimal caramel in the biscuity layer. Balance to hops. Dry finish.
Medium body with medium carbonation, easy drinking and no hop burn.
Very tasty, wonderfully made hazy. Just... there are too many of these!
Can from Bine & Vine. Pours hazy, lightly dirty, gold with a monstrous frothy white head. Aroma is earthy/veg/herb. With lurking green onion. Approaching full bodied. Flavor is green onion (sort of), citrus, earth, mixed melon, white berries. It's really complex. It's dry and bitter enough for me - which is pretty bitter. Off the beaten track of sicky/juicy/fruity/sweety NEIPAs. But here that's a good thing. Too late, but I'd love to have this with an onion/garlic pizza.
Overhopped, landing in a weird savory vegetal zone on the back end, offering up the required grapefruit-tropical-white wine notes you'd expect, but then finishes with a bit of chive, mustard, and yeast. Starts to resemble a bag of Snyder's Pretzel Pieces, to be honest. Gets a touch of hop burn as the pint empties. Stick with the Hopsmack.
Growler
Pours hazy, translucent topaz with a thick and frothy pancake-batter head. Aroma offers zesty citrus that is mainly Mandarin orange, piney hops, tropical sweetness and crisp raw malt. Flavor presents bitter piney hops, zesty and sweet orange, sweet mango, fresh malt, a touch of pineapple. Texture delivers good smooth body and peppy fizz. Fire, skulls, money - sounds like the title of a crime film.
Pounder can poured a cloudy yellow with a small lasting creamy white head. Aromas of biscuit, grapefruit, light lemon zest and a hint if fruitiness. Palate was light to medium bodied and crisp with a smooth dry finish. Flavors of biscuit, grapefruit and light orange zest with a smooth dry bitter lingering citrus finish.
16oz can pours a hazy orange with some fluffy white head. Nose has mango, orange sherbet, some sugar, melon. Flavor is sweet, peach candy, melon sorbet, some orange creamcicle. Its tight, what you come to expect from the style but elevated. 8 4 8 3 14
Hazy mango-gold pour, foamy white head. Citrus, lemon, pineapple, mango, apricot. Taste follows, citrusy, grassy, quite bitter, yet sweet and fruity. Crisp yet smooth. Excellent.
Almost goes off in a bitter tangent, but holds itself together for a strong finish, like when you’re on the way to the bathroom at a bar, get distracted by the football on the tv along the way, but an ad break gets you back on track
Can. Pours hazy yella white finger of foam. Fruity hops, nelson in there for sure. Chalky, fruity, dry nelson, loads of hop character. Funny they say west coast inspired NEipa. Its a great hazy and hop menu, but just what I expect from the style, maybe unique to throw in Nelson, I dont even know anymore with hazyz.
The hazy pale amber body and low level of carbonation gave this beer a very juice like look, The aroma was a bit mild for the style, reminding me mostly of peach. The taste was crisp, and reminded me of mango. Unlike most NEIPAs, there was a distinct bitterness in the finish here, that made the experience more enjoyable. The mouthfeel was silky and soft. I did like this better than most NEIPAs, which I generally find too sweet and acidic. This one felt more clean to me.
Mango and mangosteen. Papaya. Some green onion. Hazy amber pour with decent head. Light bitter end. I like the west coaat elements here. Can.
Pint can. Grapefruit hop citrus aroma with notes of mango, orange, floral and some pine resiny hops. Pours cloudy orange-amber colored with a large off white head that has excellent retention and lacing. Starts with bright grapefruit, orange and mango hop flavors. Finishes smooth and a touch dry with floral hop and some pine resiny hop flavors to add a hint of bitterness. Pretty nice.
16oz can. Poured a cloudy golden color with a medium sized head. Citrus and tropical fruits.
Howler. Poured hazy amber color with an average frothy white head that lasted with very good lacing. Moderate to heavy complex tropical aroma. Medium to abundant body with a slick texture and soft carbonation. Moderate to heavy juicy bittersweet flavor with a moderate to heavy resin bittersweet finish of medium to long duration. This is a solid beer that met my expectations.
Pours a hazy straw yellow color with a soapy white head. Aroma of pine, tropical and citrus fruits. Tropical and citrus fruits with touch of pine and toasted malt. Great lacing. Very well-balanced. Great beer.
Can (Feb 26, 2020 canning).
Head is initially average sized, frothy, white, mostly diminishing.
Body is hazy light to medium yellow.
Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly to moderately hoppy (guava, kiwi, star fruit), with notes of sweatsocks, onion, plastic.
Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter.
Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter, unclean.
Medium body, watery/syrupy texture, lively carbonation, moderately alcoholic.
A stinky, dirty beer that went on a journey to the bottom of the sink. Sorry to sound flippant there, but...yeah...I'm just not a fan of dirty socks and onion in my beer, even though that's really common in IPAs nowadays. Pretty crude stuff.
Cloudy deep gold, has a very faint copper tone to it, with a thin sticky white head. Lovely hop driven aroma that’s a little piney resinous with melon and tropical tree fruity citrus. Bright pale flavor that’s a little strong and lightly boozy with a tropical juicy bitterness and a little lingering hop resin. Flavorful and rich just a touch too bitter.
Pours a hazy yellow with a full white head. Nose is dank. Body is medium. Slight bitter aftertaste. Taste is citrus. 16 oz can Canned 2/26/20 BBY 6/26/20 TG states the beer should be refrigerated. However, it was on the shelf at the store not refrigerated. Coming from IA to MA, it may never have been refrigerated.
Tallboy can from Savor Growl: bit hazy gold. aroma of sweet citrus, dank, tropical, malts. tastes are grassy hops, herbal, pine, citrus. nicely balanced. earthy, dank/onion. medium palate. more bitter than typical neipa's.
Can from JPs pour murky orange gold with moderate white head. Nose resin, citrus peel, grapefruit. Taste light bitter, citrus, grapefruit.
IPA
16oz can. amazing hazy IPA - like the others, one of the best makers of NEIPA. awesome beer
Hazy golden orange pour with a thin white head and spots of lacing .... aroma of mango, dank hops, pine, grapefruit and orange .... taste is of pine, dank hops, rindy grapefruit and orange, mango, and bitter .... the bitterness is strong and dry on the back end and into the finish .... finish is of rindy grapefruit, pine, orange and bitter dry hops that linger quite a bit .... really nice west coast IPA with nice juicy and bitter flavors
Great version of a west coast IPA. Slightly haze with clean head. Citrus and rich. Full bodied.
IPA
Can at trailer. Murky golden pour with white foam. Spicy, onions, pine aromas. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Nice spicy, herbal onion, pine, citrus orange flavors---tasty
Can:
Very cloudy, yellow, with a large, off-white head.
Nice, piney-evergreen aroma.
Orange malt, tropical fruit....a great deal of pine in the flavour.
Fairly hefty body....juicy and sweet followed by an herbal/pine bitter.
Really good.
Bright, hoppy and spicy. The haze makes it a little thick. A little toasted too.
23/II/19 - 1Pt. can from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte) @ 1st Belgian Beer Geek Gathering (formerly known as Belgian Ratebeer Gathering), BB: n/a, canned: I/3/19 - (2019-273) Thanks to Cedric 77 for sharing the beer!
Cloudy peach coloured orange beer, small creamy off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, lots of tropical fruits, nice sweetish impression, lactose maybe? Lots of dank hops, onions, very nice. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots and lots of tropical fruits, nice bitterness, grapefruit, citrus, onions, lots of dank hops.
Can. It pours hazy deep golden with a creamy white head. The aroma is bready malty, peachy fruity with citrusy notes. Moderate sweet malty flavor. Moderate bitterness.