Another Arundel Collab and again its with a brewer that are unfamiliar to me, Topjaw. Reading the description it sounds like this beer is going to be a very hoppy New England, they may complain hops are expensive but a NEIPA is a long way from their roots of mass yield watery ale with small portions of English hops! Arundel chose to go down the craft route in order to stay relevant, I'd say it's worked well but apparently their accountants don't agree and would rather have bigger margins. £5 for a 6% NEIPA is fine and I'd rather that than £3 on a 4.5% camra ale! Bright yellow, pale and opaque with no head remaining after five minutes. Alot of tropical fruit and dankness on the nose, Nelson Sauvin, Strata and Citra is quite the trio and they all make their mark in equal measure. Gooseberry, herbal, bubblegum and orange. Very soft in the mouth with medium body and medium finish. Hoppy indeed but not the richest and deepest you'll ever have, it's not a DIPA after all, but it's decently flavourful and well rounded. The trio work well together producing a soft, juicy number with a dank resinous finish that is now costing my tongue nicely. Nelson Sauvin has been used this past year and with exciting results, here gooseberry and white grape is softened by the dank Strata whilst Citra keeps it's bright and adds its own pine influence to Strata's weed-like goodness. Balanced between softness and deep hoppy flavours this is a beautiful as a NEIPA should be. Gooseberry is the most prominent with a bubblegum backing that gradually gets more herbal in its trail, in fact the aftertaste is piney like jager. Arundel are definitely doing the right thing making brews like this.