7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 2/21/2018. Pours slightly hazy deep reddish orange/copper color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky cream colored head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balanced of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great balance/bitterness balance; and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Mildly warming alcohol for 11%. Overall this is a very nice triple IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balanced of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the ABV; with the mellowly bitter/drying finish,. never aggressive. Very juicy and lightly dank/earthy hop complexity; nice sized malty backbone, not too overly sweet for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.