BEER REVIEW: 331

BREWER: Tartarus Beers, West Yorkshire, England

STYLE: GF Hazy Pale

ABV: 4.8%

VESSEL: 440ml tin

DATE OF POST: 12th February 2024

 

SAMMY SAY’S…

The Wapaloosie is a mythical creature, residing in North America.  Known to loggers, this feral beast is the size of a sausage dog and lives off of fungus. So, not the most intimidating of creatures. That being said, it’s still a good name for a beer – the question is, does the beer have a mythical side to it?  Or is it just another straight bat of a beer?

The answer is both yes and no.

While Wapaloosie (the beer) has the usual make up of a hazy IPA, it brings it all together in rather good fashion.  The citrus theme carries from nose in the form of grapefruit to last taste as sharp orange.  And in the middle of all of this, you get a nice peach punch to keep the balance of sweet and sour in good order.  

I know we’ve tried these old flavours on many an occasion.  And very often, they come up short, falling into the abyss of ordinariness. But with Wapaloosie it’s all so well balanced, that the beer stands out from the pack.

Whilst the creature might be of small stature, the beer breaks from the myth and stands tall above others.

Definitely worth a try…

Sammy’s Rating: 80%

 

JYMI SAY’S…

Before even popping this pup there is much to be said…

Though I’m not sure I massively like the look of the tin from a beer can perspective, I do absolutely adore the artwork. And by the time I’d absorbed it enough, many marks were awarded to be fair.

The name. I don’t know what it means and unfortunately don’t have time to research it. I can only assume Wapaloosie is either the Greek God of hops, decent craft brew pubs or Leeds?  Whatever it means or is, it’s an absolute belter of a name!

Wapaloosie is a Gluten Free Hazy Pale. But on the back of the tin where the ingredients list is housed it mentions that allergens are listed in BOLD. Not an unusual way of doing things nowadays but when the list includes Gluten you have to at least scratch your head, and then beard… and then head again. I’m clearly missing some legal thing here as there must be a minimum amount of Gluten allowed in a GF beer but still… bit odd.

Errrr, let’s bust this baby open.

My life. It looks and smells DIVINE!!!

I really was not expecting something so thick looking to enter my drinking vessel and the nose off of this brew is huge. Thick and dank, it’s just a delight.

Sip wise things do not let up at all. There is stacks and stacks of flavour here. Burnt orange with lemon notes is where Walapaloosie took me and it was an absolute triumph, all backed up by a sublime mouthfeel.

GF or not, this is a baller of a brew.

Seriously, go find.

Jymi’s Rating: 88%

 

MUSE ON BOOZE RATING: 84%

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M O B 2024