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

Bottle, 11C. Amber with a large off white head that lasts well. Yes, complex hop aroma: peaches, kumquats, lychees, custard apple, pepper, hashish, grapefruit, white grapes. Oily with low carbonation. Bittersweet with toffee and peach sweetness; bitterness is very strong but not quite harsh and kicks in early. Dries out at the end pretty well. Pine, various citrus fruits, herbs and spices (pepper, anise) linger. 25 hops sounds like maybe it’s going to be less a symphony and more like an orchestra being pushed down the stairs but the aroma is pretty coherent, although lacking a bit of a tingly top note. Usual gripes about this sort of thing apply (need sweetness to balance bitterness and dry hopping harshness, need bitterness to balance aromatics: why make beer so big?). A bit of sediment in a second glass softened the mouthfeel agreeably.