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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from BaseCamp. Hazy golden-orange, with a fairly lasting slightly off white head. Flowery, mildly citric, honeyish aroma. Interesting taste, soft maltiness, pillowy, though ending a bit dry and bitterish. The theoretic 55 IBUs are not that much in evidence. The main aspect of the hop profile here is something going in between slightly unripe stone and/or tropical fruit and melon, this soft, pleasant touch before the dryish, lightly astringent finish. Well well, very much a decent lighter rye IPA from Krkonošský Medvěd, not falling into the orange rock candy or earthy pitfalls the style usually forces. It won't rock anyone's world, but after a 9 hour shift with some very energy draining cases, it worked!