Oakshire Brewing A Life Beyond the Dream Triple IPA (2024 Version)

Beer Name: A Life Beyond the Dream
Brewery: Oakshire Brewing (Eugene, OR)
ABV: 10.5%

How sold: 16 oz tallboy cans; on draft
Where bought: Unknown
Price: Unknown, gift from a friend

Date Canned: April 1, 2024
Date Drank: June 1, 2024
When brewed/released? Annual beer. This version was released on April 9, 2024. This beer has been released annually since at least 2021, if not before that.

IBU: 66

What's on the Website: "Triple IPA with brewed with Simcoe, Mosaic, Citra, Columbus, and Strata. A balanced bitterness welcomes the palate rounding to sticky hop resin, with waves of nectarine, passionfruit, lychee, and cloudberries.

A Life Beyond the Dream is brewed annually to celebrate the arrival of our newest hops from the fall harvest. This West Coast Triple IPA starts with a base of North American-grown malted barley. We add a touch of honey malt to boost sweetness and Carafoam to build a beautiful foam head. We add Warrior hops to get classic West Coast bitterness. Citra and Mosaic Incognito Oil are added at the end of the boil to create a deep resinous hop character over the palate. We hit the whirlpool with Strata and Enigma for notes of tropical fruit, white wine, and melon. We finish with a dry-hop beyond all dry-hops: a quintuple dry-hop (QTDH). Mosaic and Simcoe Cryo bring mixed berries, tropical fruit, and pine. Columbus and Strata contribute huge notes of dank herb and fresh strawberries. Finally, the almighty Galaxy rounds it out with passionfruit, apricot, and black currant. Our most ambitious IPA to date, this Triple will take you Beyond the Dream."

Hops: Warrior, Mosaic, Enigma, Strata, Columbus, Galaxy, Simcoe, Mosaic Cryo Hops, Mosaic and Citra Incognito Oil.

Malts: Rahr Two-Row Barley, Gambrinus Honey Malt, Weyermann Carafoam, Acidulated.

Where distributed: Oakshire Brewing is likely just found in the Pacific Northwest. Oakshire has their original spot in Eugene and a beer hall in Portland.

REVIEW:

Appearance (5%): Poured dark golden to copper into a pint glass. Sudsy white head on the surface, virtually no lacing. 4.5/5

Smell (25%): Resinous and malty. Typical Triple IPA experience. 4/5

Taste (40%): Resinous, malty, and slight octane to start. Next phase is a full complex, fruity, tropical wave. Mostly melon, berry, and the white wine coming through. Aftertaste is more citrus or citrus peel. 4.5/5

Mouthfeel (10%): Full-bodied, some carbonation. Sticky, some dry tongue. 4.25/5

Overall (20%): An excellent to outstanding Triple IPA. On the nose, this one didn't exhibit much character other than a usual powerful, malty essence. However, I'm a huge fan of the complex fruity flavors this one brings. A Life Beyond the Dream also ends up drinking very well, shedding that 10.5% description once you get past that first wave. Definitely recommended if you're a Triple IPA fan. 4.5/5

Final Weighted Rating: 4.35/5