Hazy IPA – Let's Learn Beer!

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by Ceit
December 28, 2025December 14, 2025

On the fourth day of Beermas I went and bought for me
Four obvious non-kiwis
A three-time remade masterpiece
Two guarding lions
And a crow glaring silently

It’s a perfect match! Four calling birds! Actually, I can’t tell if they’re calling from the label, but they look like maybe swallows and I recall them being a bit vocal. But then the brewery – Doskiwis? Only two! And they don’t fly! And the beer name is just…Ideal. It’s not my ideal, not being a stout, but those hazy IPAs can be good drinking.

It’s somewhat of a lighter color, but still cloudy and heady, albeit with bigger bubbles. It has a more relaxed aroma, just a distant call of orange at first, with an aftersniff of pine. It’s also very quiet in flavor, no big IPA bitter or tropicality, kind of a melony essence. There’s a sharp feel to the beer that comes at the end of the sip and trails off like it’s supposed to raise an aftertaste, but it’s more feel than flavor. I guess there’s an airiness to it, something that pulls you up and out, inviting spiritual expansion. You feel like there’s a stronger sensation somewhere just waiting for you. Maybe this is a beer to encourage you to spread your wings.

Supplier: Lambeer
Price: €7.50

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by Ceit
December 27, 2025December 14, 2025

On the third day of Beermas I went and got for me
A three-time remade masterpiece
Two guarding lions
And a crow glaring silently

Already it’s time to do some interpretation of the gifts, but that’s all part of the fun, isn’t it? Although later movie mythology gives vampires wings (sometimes), the old time monster Nosferatu didn’t transform into anything. Oh, maybe rats. But, it has been remade twice, giving it three versions to enjoy or not…I am not partial to the ’70s remake myself. Still have to see last year’s fluid filled one. See? Fluids! Just like beer is a fluid! Connections abound! Anyway, I’m surprised that it’s a hazy IPA, or any type of pale ale, really. Wouldn’t a red ale be more appropriate? Or a stout to reference the darkness. Even a rauchbier, given what happens to vampires in sunlight. That’s not a spoiler, the damn thing is more than a hundred years old.

Not as jumpy as the last one, and much cloudier. True to name. Still brilliant white head that hangs on for a bit, and a more perfumed opening. Very IPA, citrus and caraway and salt. The first sip is wildly fruity, with mango, mandarin and maybe a little pineapple. The beer is both light and filling, which is kind of an odd feeling, but it’s also clearly bright and perky. It’s such a strangely happy beer, very summery and with a suggestion of a Caribbean soundtrack. There’s really a clash between what you would expect from a beer called Nosferatu and what you get, but ’tis the season for surprises.

Supplier: Lambeer
Price: €6.50