BEER REVIEW: 424

BREWER: Siren Craft Brew, Berkshire, England

STYLE: IPA

ABV: 5.6%

VESSEL: 440ml tin

DATE OF POST: 21st November 2025

 

SAMMY SAY’S…

Oh… this was meant to be Superdelic, wasn’t it? A name that suggests vibrancy, resonance, a full-spectrum sensory bloom. But what arrived in the glass was more like a dampened waveform—low amplitude, narrow frequency, and barely a ripple on the sensory oscilloscope.

Visually, in the glass it’s clearer than anticipated. A faint haze, yes, but mostly transparent—like a signal that’s been filtered too cleanly, stripped of its noise and nuance. The packaging is a triumph, though. Purple tones and claw-like graphics suggest energy and edge. If only the contents matched the container.

The nose emits a promising signal: citrus, pineapple, lime, grapefruit. A bright, high-frequency burst that hints at complexity. But the taste? It’s a compressed waveform. Buttered grapefruit up front, a sweet finish that feels like a clipped echo. There’s a black tea note that flickers faintly—like a low-level hum in the background—but it never builds, never modulates into anything meaningful.

Bitterness is present but shallow. The mouthfeel? Practically non-existent. It’s like drinking a flattened sine wave—no texture, no resonance, no harmonic depth. Just a thin, single-channel transmission.

This isn’t noise. It’s not distortion. It’s just… underwhelming. A good beer, technically. But not superdelic. Not even close. It lacks the dynamic range, the layered frequencies, the sonic complexity that Soundwave delivers so effortlessly.

I love Siren. I love Soundwave. But this? This was a muted signal. Hopes tuned high, only to receive static.

Sammy’s Rating: 42%

 

JYMI SAY’S…

Superdelic Soundwave, what a superb sounding name! But there’s more to it than just those delicious words. Soundwave IPA is one of Sirens first ever brews and is still part of their core range today. And Superdelic is a fairly new hop to come from that hop haven that is New Zealand. So what Siren have done here is to produce their regular Soundwave but with the addition of the Superdelic hop, which brings with it candied fruit qualities, supposedly. So to end up with the name Superdelic Soundwave was actually pretty obvious in the end I’d imagine. But that does not take away how great it is as a name for a brew!

Let’s see how she fairs…

Ok, first up, it’s not as good as the OG Soundwave, let’s just get that clear.

But is it good? Well, surprisingly, no (seeing as Siren have brought both of us endless good beer to the table, both personally and for Muse on Booze for over 9 years now).

It’s a touch on the sweet side and lacking a little bit of body as well as a bit of pizzaz. No matter how you came upon the name Superdelic Soundwave, a beer donning that name needs some pizzaz, I think you’ll agree.

With a delightful tropical nose to lead, you do think utter greatness is to come. The early taste is again tropical with our pal pine to balance things out. But it’s in the middle of the drinking that this brew just doesn’t push on to where you hoped, probably thought, that it would. There’s no umph. It’s just, lacking.

Drinkable?  For sure.

Disappointing?  For sure…

and the first real chink we have seen in Sirens armour.

Jymi’s Rating: 47%

 

MUSE ON BOOZE RATING: 44.5%

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