6.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Pours a slightly opaque golden, but still transparent. Medium sized, very pillowy per style white head. Ok retention, quite a lot of lacing. Quite good intensity in a simple, straightforward aroma: the slightest crackery malts base with a hint of fragrant feel to it, strong citric notes (bergamot, with it's bitter citric freshness, clearly dominant) plus less prominent (but still quite vivid) floral hops. Taste notes follow the aroma quite closely, now perhaps with the slightest spicy hops hint and also a bit of resinous feel on the back of things. Couldn't find any tropical fruits notes, though the brewery says so. Quite light sweetness, pretty intense bitterness (at least for current standards, they usually don't make new ipas that bitter anymore), showing up mostly in finish/aftertaste. Nice intensity, freshness and nitid taste notes; very straightforward but slightly harsh, with a bit too much contrast between the delicate malty base and the dry bittering note (not a problem of too much bitterness, i actually like my ipa a bit old style on that range, rather a problem of too much contrast, can't really tell why). Quite light bodied with slightly below average carbonation. Decently lively in the mouth, easily drinkable. Nice one on the overall, though i was not 100% persuaded.