Bottled. Orange amber yellow pour. Very fruit forwaed, pineapple mango etc. Resin bite.

Crisp and slightly hazy golden and light peach coloured body with a rather large, four centimetre tall off-white head on top. Aroma of crisp biscuity malt along with a dose of grain and perhaps oatmeal along with a noticeable lager yeast, some more assertive grassy and floral hop bites and ending with a faint bit of sugars, more from apples and caster sugar than from anything else. Medium-bodied; Rich biscuity malt flavours at first with a heavy hand of grassy and floral hop flavours coupled with a earthier yeast strain that would be typical with an ale. Aftertaste shows a very nice complexity, especially for a lager with more malt notes showing through and a lot of hop bitterness, along with a faint dose of sugars (although they fade fast) and a hint of medicinal and off-flavours at the very end. Overall, a very nice lager that shows a lot of hops, some pleasant bitterness and a very complex finish which make this worth trying to find, especially if you like the style and variance in your weekly/monthly beers! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Fair Lakes (Fairfax), Virginia on 06-November-2016 for US$3,99 sampled at home in Washington on Father’s Day on 18-June-2017 with my two lovely girls!

24th November 2016
Grand tasting at Craft Islington with Hackobock. Thanks to Padraig. Light haze on this gold beer, thin white head. Palate is light and semi dry, decent carbonation. Sweetish thin malts. Great hops - mellow skunk, good spicy citrus and and tropical fruits. Some citric peel bitterness. Smooth semi dry finish. Spicy bitter linger. Could be a DIPA there is so little Pils character. Super beer though!

Bottle split at Hacobok Tasting, thanks to Manny Goldberg, 24/11/16. Very lightly hazed golden blonde with a decent off white cap. Nose is citric peel, biscuit, earthy hops, grass, bread dough, melon. Taste comprises orange peel, citric jus, straw, toasted grains, lemon drizzle, light airy malt base. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent hop laden lager.

Bottle at Craft islington Tasting, thanks to MannyG. It pours hazy golden with a medium white head. The aroma is rather fresh, minty vibe, lemony action, grapefruit and white bread. The taste is crisp, dry, bitter, grass, grapefruit, fresh herbs, candied fruits, straw and a lick of alcohol wit a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Very drinkable stuff. Nice one.

Bottle shared at the Craft beer Co tasting 24/11/2016. Many thanks to Padraig for this one. A clear yellow straw coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is nice, dank citrus, grassy, sorachi, petrol. Flavour is composed of juicy hop, big sorachi ace, sticky, dill. Palate is medium bodied, sticky, moderate carbonation. Really good sorachi like character.

Bottle shared in London - thanks to Paddy. Pours clear yellow-gold with a frothy, white head. The nose holds ripe citrus, melon, tangerine, grapefruit, papaya. Medium sweet flavour with rich pale bread, melon, white grape, light alcohol, biscuits. Medium bodied with massaging carbonation. Resinous and warming in the finish, with more melon, papaya, some rindy bitterness. Not bad.

Pours slightly hazed gold into a shaker. Bright white head with good retention craters and recedes leaving soapy lacing. Sour citrus and tropical fruit aromas. Hot caramel and papaya upfront turning to hot resin and pith in the lasting finish.