Local Craft Beer / Beer Zombies King of Haze Triple IPA

Beer Name: King of Haze
Brewery: Local Craft Beer (Tehachapi, CA) in collaboration with Beer Zombies
ABV: 11.0%
How sold: 16 oz cans; on draft
Where bought: Craft Shack (San Diego, CA)  ****bought online
Price: $7.99 for 16 oz. tallboy can

Date Bought: March 6, 2019
Date Received: March 12, 2019
Date Drank: March 14, 2019
When brewed? Limited-time beer. Collaboration #3 with Beer Zombies. Debuted around May 2018.
IBU: 35

What's on the Can: "Beer Zombies collaboration Vol. 3 Triple dry hopped hazy Triple IPA with Citra and Dinali (sic), smooth flavors of pineapple, mango, bubblegum, and citrus!!! Unfiltered and super hoppy, sediment is normal so let it settle and leave it behind. Always pour into a glass. Cheers LCB Brewmaster!"

Where distributed: Local Craft Beer can be found in California.

REVIEW:

Appearance (5%): Poured hazy peach-colored into a pint glass. Unfiltered; lots of sediment at the bottom of the can. Off-white head; some lacing. 4.5/5

Smell (25%): Mostly dank/resin with backdrop of tropical pineapple/stone fruit and oaty malts. 4.5/5

Taste (40%): Surprisingly balanced soft dank/resin with tropical citrus, pineapple, and mango. Tropical gradually increases into the aftertaste. Slight octane presence, but for 11% , this is insanely good. 4.75/5

Mouthfeel (10%): Medium-full bodied, some carbonation. Extremely juicy with trace dry tongue. 4.5/5

Overall (20%): An outstanding Triple IPA. It's hard to follow up a beer like Hazy-E, but LCB continues to boggle my mind with killer NE-Style brews, and they stepped it up even more here. An amazing, refreshing Triple IPA that drinks ridiculously easy. The octane will easily catch up to you if you don't watch out. The panda approves and then some. It may be pricey, but it's still in the ballpark for craft beer Triple IPAs. 4.75/5

Final Weighted Rating: 4.65/5