8

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

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 3/16/2015. Pours slightly hazy deep golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange peel, mango, melon, light pepper, herbal, light honey, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance of citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange peel, mango, melon, pepper, pine, herbal, light honey, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange peel, mango, melon, pepper, pine, light honey, bread, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately crisp/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice single hopped DIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.