Bottle from the brewery. Hazy golden pour, small off white head. Aroma of tart, candied lemons, sweet fruit, and some pungent hops, with a disctinct tartness. Active motuhfeel, good carb. The finish is loaded with lemon and swwet fruits with a solid tart/sour kick in the finish. The alcohol is very well hidden, i wonder what a few years of age would do to this. A very easy drinking 10% beer, dangerous, but delicious.

Pours a hazed medium orange with a mid-sized head of big bubbles that left little lace but was quite active. Aroma lemon-lime, plum skin and a bit of flesh, slight notes of sweet tropical fruit, fairly mild lactic acid sourness, some grainy malt, yeasty. On the palate, at first there is lemon rind with a bit of malt, then some plum flesh and other fruit and light caramel give a sweet core with lemon juice and lactic tart/slight sour character from the sour mash give a neat sweet/sour contrast between tongue and roof of mouth, before lemon rind, noble hop grassy bitterness and grain cut through with bitterness. The beer finishes surprisingly dry, there is a little alcohol heat but it’s mostly persistent grain, lemon pith, hop bitterness and yeast character with a little sour/tart persisting on the roof of the mouth, a little champagne-iike (refermenting yeast?). The body is medium, the carb prickly and active at first but given the beer’s substance and style it’s not an issue. The alcohol is well hidden until warm, when it becomes more noticeable though not hot. This beer is a real winner for me. I like the complexity, like the combination of sweet, tart, sour (but not acetic) and dry. It hits all the notes for me. Great sip and think beer.