6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

ON TAP at Smokehouse. Well, it has that cheesy/dirty socks thing in the aroma, but it has settled down a bit. Got clearer too. Still, a caramel/malt-drive IPA it a mellow zesty bitterness. Not bad. 6-3-7-3-14=3.3



14-DEC-2015. PET at home. Murky amber-brown, smallish light beige head. The aroma is not that strong - even their regular Pale Ale is more aromatic - citrus ans zesty, with very little malts. Unfortunately, it has a light rotten vegetable off-flavour. Taste: moderate caramel malts and then it’s all hops - citrus, very pungent zesty and piney - from early on until late into the finish. The body is ok, though I wouldn’t mind more body or taste, especially earlier before the hops kick in. The hop bitterness is strong and pleasant, but it would be nice to use ore hops for aroma and flavour too. Not bad, but needs some polishing. 6-2-7-3-13=3.1