Project Clementine
Griffin Claw Brewing Company in Birmingham, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Flavoured Rotating|
Score
6.94
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy deep orange/copper color with a 2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass, with some light streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, mango, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, lemon zest, orange peel, berry, light pine, honey, caramel, light toffee, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/tropical hops, citrus zest, and moderate malt sweetness; with good strength. Taste of big tangerine, mango, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, lemon zest, orange peel, berry, light pine, honey, caramel, light toffee, and floral/grassy earthiness. Fair amount of pine/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, mango, pineapple, peach, passion fruit, lemon/orange zest, berry, light pine, honey, caramel, light toffee, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice robustness, balance, and complexity of juicy citrus/tropical hops, citrus zest, and moderate malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, fairly creamy, and lightly slick/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice fruited DIPA. All around great robustness, balance, and complexity of citrus/tropical hops, citrus zest, and moderate malt sweetness; and very smooth to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft - Sweet caramel and orange. Clear copper with almost no head. Earthy vegative hops and orange peel with a syrupy sweetness. A little sweet and syrupy.