7.9

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

12 ounce bottle into pint glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 2 finger dense and rocky white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, melon, orange peel, light pepper/pine, potatoes, cracker, white bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity hops, potatoes, and pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, melon, orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, potatoes, cracker, white bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus rind, peppery, grassy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, melon, orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, potatoes, cracker, white bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/pine hops, potatoes, and pale malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderately increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.9%. Overall this is a delicious American pale ale! All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/pine hops, potatoes, and pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and pretty refreshing to drink; with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Great balance of juicy and dank Chinook hop complexity; solid pale malt backbone, with no residual sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. The potato thing is unique, but it doesn't overwhelm anything for the style profile.