Solace In the Storm

Very hazy straw coloured body with a muddied golden glow and a very nice one to two centimetre tall off-white head that stays afloat for a long time over the 95 per cent opaque body. Aroma of citrus fruits, mangoes, wheat, a dash of lactose and vanilla, but a pretty noticeable bite from the very juicy citrusey hops with some alpha acid bitterness here too, it seems. Medium-bodied; Pretty crisp grassy and light herbal flavours show at first with a very nice wheat malt support, with a softer, candy-like sweetness that comes from icing sugar or lactose, with a bit more noticeable stone fruit flavours towards the end, with a decidedly creamy/vanilla type flavour that comes through at the tail end, with a good balance of malts here. Aftertaste is pretty nice with some definite hoppy characteristics that show real bitterness along with a pretty dry malt backbone and a good stone and citrus fruit kick that persists throughout. Overall, an enjoyable beer throughout that has a good set of flavours and marks well for this sub-style and has some actual bitterness (not too much) that is sometimes hard to find here. Nice to have local-ish and fresh-ish! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from The Perfect Pour in Elkridge, Maryland on 25-October-2022 for US$3,99 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 07-January-2023.