5.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Sampled on draft this beer poured a yellow color with a medium sized foamy white head. The aroma was dry, boozy and had a fruity hop note. The flavor was dry, boozy and musty with a fruity hop note. Medium length finish. Medium body.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can in a trade with tfontana, thanks Tom. Nose shows mild grape musk and subtle citrus. Mouthfeel is kind of thick / chewy. Palate is somewhat balanced, white grape, citrus, and light astringent aftertaste.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Can pour into nonic pint glass from the brewery. Appearance is cloudy, murky orange-yellow with fine and large, light and dark floaties, trace sparkle at the edges of the glass, thin cap of off-white head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is mix of sweet and tart fruit--might be orange, might be grape. Taste is sweet grape along with orange citrus and other, nondescript fruit--perhaps melon and pear amongst others. Palate is medium bodied with smooth, thick texture, average-to-lively carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, thick and meaty mouthfeel, befitting the style. Taste trumps aroma but both could have a clearer identity. OK.

7

Nice hoppy melon, but bit old feeling.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 ounce can into tulip glass, 1/2-1B-AI can code. Pours very hazy deep golden amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, red apple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, gooseberry, white grape/wine, citrus peel/rind, wood, light peppercorn/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, biscuit, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops, sauvignon blanc grape juice, and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, red apple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, gooseberry, white grape/wine, citrus peel/rind, wood, light peppercorn/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, biscuit, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness; and slight grape tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, red apple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, gooseberry, white grape/wine, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, biscuit, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops, sauvignon blanc grape juice, and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Light lingering resins/rinds, and slight grape tang/tannins. Mild increasing warmth of 7.7% after the finish. Overall this is an awesome fruited NEIPA. All around awesome citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops, sauvignon blanc grape juice, and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the mellowly bitter/resinous/drying finish; great soft feel, and not aggressive. Awesome Nelson Sauvin/Motueka profile. Very juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops/fruit; with a great balancing wheat/oat/malt backbone. Mild residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive style example as expected.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can, from Beer Run. Pours hazy lemon yellow with foamy whitish head, sweet citrus aroma, medium carbonation, medium bitter citrus-stinky cheese taste, grape flavor, thin body, long dry finish. Interesting brew.

7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

16 ounce can. Hazy orange gold color. Foamy beige head. Zesty pale fruit nose. Bittersweet crisp fruit flavor. Notes of pear, lemon and white wine. Sweet honey notes in middle. Bittersweet dryish finish. Tasty.