Massachusetts’ Brewmaster Jack was brewing NE Style juicebombs before hazy was even a thing. And today we’re bringing back the hazy Double IPA that sparked our love affair with the style: Hoppiness Is A Warm Pun.

Our Tavour community not only knows Jack, they love him --- they’ve given Hoppiness an average rating of 4.15. They’re all swooning over the nectarous papaya and tangy lime smoothie-like sipping experience.

Pouring a golden, Orange Julius-like hue, Hoppiness delivers passionfruit aromas that skip through the air. It’s extra juicy with the irrepressibly tropical flavors of Motueka and Galaxy Hops, gushing over the palate with notes of ripe mandarin, sweet blueberries, and endless streams of honeyed papaya. Everything crashes into an herbal awakening of lavender. 

There’s something about your first crush that sets the standard for everything that follows. For Tavour, Hoppiness was our first hazy romance and we’ve yet to find another papaya-lime Double Smoothie IPA quite like it.  

Rated 4.20 on BeerAdvocate