Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 ounce prowler into pint glass, filled on 2/10/2019. Pours crystal clear medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a small cap that lasts. Nice dense spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of red grapefruit, mandarin orange, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, red apple, citrus peel/rind, wood, light peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, and herbal/flora/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, mandarin orange, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, red apple, citrus peel/rind, wood, light peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, and herbal/flora/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of red grapefruit, mandarin orange, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, red apple, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, and herbal/flora/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Light lingering resins/rinds after the finish. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.7%. Overall this is an excellent session IPL! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth, and moderately crisp/clean/refreshing to drink, with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesome Mandarina Bavaria profile. Very juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hop complexity; with a great clean Vienna malt backbone for the ABV. Minimal residual sweetness from crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive style example.