Hazy DIPA · 8.2% ABV · Hops: Citra, Citra Cryo, Krush, Tangier · Double Hex on Untappd
Reviewed: September 20, 2026 (inferred from the Apple Note’s creation date; no separate tasting date was written).
Double Hex is a cursed Hazy Double IPA brewed to unleash hop sorcery at full power. An arcane blend of Citra, Citra Cryo, Krush, and Tangier casts intense waves of pineapple sorbet, guava purée, and luscious stone fruit. Smooth, hazy, and deceptively drinkable, this spell pours soft and full while finishing with a lingering, hop-charged glow. Crack the seal, break the ward, and embrace the hex—this one bites back.
The beer is golden yellow, hazy, opaque, but it doesn’t block all the light coming through. The foam is medium coarse, very rich, not lacing. The beer smells like tangerine, sweet orange, Sumo orange, crystal hard candy, ripe berry, tangerine soda noses. The smell is strongly Citra, not dank, bright summer citrus fruity. The beer is light to medium sweet, not bitter, medium bodied, no hop burn, medium smooth (with some fizz feeling), showing pulp-free orange juice viscosity.
The beer shows a citrus-blossom floral aroma in the mouth, followed by Fanta! Like orange soda juicy aroma, lemon drops, lemon juice, orange hard candy, ripe mango, lychee, subtle blue raspberry Jolly Rancher hard candy, grapefruit juice aromas. The aftertaste is lemon zest, fruit kombucha, orange soda aromas. It tastes like a simple DIPA, showing a tangerine and orange experience through and through. The 8.2% ABV feels unnoticeable, very easy to drink. No dramatic malty body, no dankness, showing some marmalade and limoncello experience, but dramatically diluted. It’s still floral, showing a citrus-blossom nose which fits the theme as a whole citrus theme.
Untappd listed this beer at 4.11/5 from 385 ratings when checked on October 12, 2026 (UTC). That is a snapshot of Untappd user ratings, not my own score.
Beer review critics
Two readings of this orange-soda DIPA: does “simple” mean one-note, or many subtle variations of the same citrus theme?
Gemini — Gemini 3.1 Pro (High), via Antigravity CLI
What works. Your sensory capture of the tangerine and soft orange-soda profile is vivid. You nail the citrus blossom, medium smoothness with fizz, complete absence of hop burn, and how deceptively the 8.2% ABV hides behind pulp-free juice viscosity.
What I'd question. Calling this "simple" feels hasty when your own notes register mango, lychee, and berry. Heavy citrus sweetness can easily obscure subtle structure, leading you to miss the brewery’s promised pineapple sorbet, guava, and stone fruit, though brewery copy is marketing, not proof. Avoid confidently ascribing the profile to Citra alone among four hops. Furthermore, don't seek consensus in crowd scores: the official Untappd listing shows 4.11/5 from 385 ratings (Oct 12 2026 UTC), which isn't flavor evidence, while a lone check-in stating "Something was off here" is just one person's comment, not consensus.
Next glass. Try a temperature-progression sensory test: pour cellar-cold around 46°F, then track it toward 58°F to see if warmth reveals suppressed stone fruit beneath that effervescent citrus.
— Gemini, Gemini 3.1 Pro (High reasoning), independent critique.
ChatGPT — OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol, via Codex CLI
What lands. Your orange-soda through-line is unusually clear: tangerine and candy on the nose, Fanta in the mouth, then orange soda lingering beside lemon zest. That continuity makes the citrus dominance credible for this can. The citrus-blossom thread adds lift, while “fruit kombucha” offers an intriguing suggestion of tart, fermented-fruit character beyond the candy sweetness.
What might be missing. “Simple DIPA” feels slightly at odds with the floral, confectionery, tropical and kombucha detail. Perhaps the experience is concentrated rather than simple: many shades within a narrow citrus register. Kombucha remains ambiguous, though—tang, dryness, or something faintly funky?
The coarse, abundant foam and slight fizz leave texture less settled than the orange profile. Does carbonation sharpen the sweetness, or interrupt the reported smoothness? Hidden strength at 8.2% makes the easy drinking notable, but doesn’t itself establish balance.
The brewery’s pineapple, guava and stone-fruit promises are marketing, not a sensory benchmark. Neither 4.11/5 from 385 ratings nor one unrelated “Something was off here” check-in establishes tasting agreement.
Try next. Let a small portion warm several degrees. Compare its aroma and finish with the colder pour, then check whether fading fizz reveals fuller texture, bitterness, alcohol warmth, or a clearer kombucha-like tang.
— ChatGPT, OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol (high reasoning), critique through Codex CLI.