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Jimi Sendrix
Humble Sea Brewing Company — Santa Cruz, CA
Hazy Double IPA
Humble Sea Brewing Company
8.2%
ABV
Bright foggy orange
Color
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3 / 4
I'd recommend trying it
Tasting Notes
Appearance
Deep golden to orange, fully opaque with a soft white head — the hazy DIPA format at its fullest expression. Pours thick and substantial, the four-hop combination giving it a warm, resinous glow. Looks like someone juiced a tropical fruit stand and then added 8.2% ABV as an afterthought.
Aroma
The Southern Passion and El Dorado hit first — passionfruit, guava, watermelon, and a tropical candy sweetness that's immediately distinctive. Mosaic layers in mango and berry underneath, and the Sabro adds its coconut-tangerine quality as a soft, creamy note that rounds the whole aromatic profile into something more complex than a straight citrus bomb. The dankness arrives last — a resinous, slightly earthy quality from the Mosaic that keeps 8.2% ABV from going purely sweet.
Palate
Big, juicy, and creamy — the imperial hazy format delivering maximum fruit expression with a velvety mouthfeel that cushions the 8.2% ABV into something that drinks far more gently than the number suggests. The El Dorado watermelon and candy sweetness carries through the middle, Southern Passion's guava and passionfruit building alongside it, Sabro's coconut-tangerine quality adding a tropical creaminess on the back half. The Mosaic dankness provides the structural anchor — keeping the whole thing honest as a beer rather than a fruit smoothie.
Finish
Medium-long, tropical, and gently dank. The passionfruit and guava from the Southern Passion linger with the El Dorado candy quality fading into a soft, resinous warmth from the Mosaic. The 8.2% ABV is present but integrated — warmth rather than heat. The dankness resolves slowly, completely, and with the kind of satisfaction that makes the next pour an automatic decision.
The Verdict
Humble Sea's imperial DIPA statement — Mosaic, Southern Passion, Sabro, and El Dorado at 8.2% ABV, maximum juice, dankness ratio fully loaded. Jimi Sendrix sends it. Are you experienced?
— Stephen · Contributing Factor Brewing · 29 Apr 2020
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