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

16 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 6/20/2018. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Good appearance. Aromas of big lightly tart/tangy lemon juice, zest, cracker, corn, white bread, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance of lemon juice/zest, pale malt/corn, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big lightly tart/tangy lemon juice, zest, cracker, corn, white bread, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Mild herbal/grassy/zesty bitterness and citrus tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy lemon juice, zest, cracker, corn, white bread, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a short bit. Great robustness and balance of lemon juice/zest, pale malt/corn, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitter/tartness balance; and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Very clean and not yeasty. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitter/tartness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, fairly sticky, and lightly acidic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a great fruited cream ale. All around great robustness and balance of lemon juice/zest, pale malt/corn, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mildly tart/bitter finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Great balance of vibrant citrus and clean pale malt/corn flavors; with mild earthy hop balance. I really liked that this kept the base style character intact, and added the fruit on top of it. It doesn't feel like a shandy like I expected. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.