‘Game Over’ is a series of beers from Funky Fluid where they brew different styles of hoppy beers paired with video or arcade gaming themes. They release the beers in ‘levels’, which really means they are always different batches with distinct names and varied hop combinations. But every beer is a new release. Sound like anyone else we know?
This beer is based on what is described as ‘a psychological horror’ video game called Silent Hill, where the main character is ‘Pyramid Head’. No?? Me neither, but apparently that is the story here!
To the beer then…..we have a double rye NEIPA, which sounded most interesting to me when I saw their brewing list. It features El Dorado, Nelson Sauvin and Riwaka hops and a smorgasbord of grains.
It pours quite a cloudy straw colour, with a body that looks thicker and heavier than it actually is. Passionfruit and some other tropical stone fruits fill the aroma. Those same fruits are present in the taste, with the addition of grapefruit citrus. There is a good level of bitterness (for a NEIPA!!), and a lovely spiciness from the rye that leaves a little prickle in the aftertaste. And its not until you finish this beer that you seem to notice the 8% ABV!
21 grams of Cryo-hops per litre of beer for this wonderfully dank, resinous, fruity Imperial NEIPA
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