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6.8

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

Crisp and ever so slightly hazy golden and peach coloured body with a very large, microfoamed, but long-lasting off-white head about 8 centimetres tall, with a zillion bubbles rising from the bottom. Aroma of bright hops, grassy, floral and perfumey notes with some strong yeast and bread here as well. Light-bodied; Sharp pungent grassy hop notes show at first with a hint of hop pellets and some light cherry and stone fruit flavours with a kick of citrus fruits as well and some mild yeast and malt notes with a kick of soft sugars behind. Aftertaste shows some more pungent yeast and perfumey notes with a lot of hop bitterness from the citrus fruit and grassy flavours at the end. Overall, a decent IPA with a lot of hay, grassy and perfumey characteristics, but a pretty good balance of malts with a nice sweet touch from fruits at the end. Not a bad beer for the first sample here in Peru with a nice perfumey quality and some passion and skill actually noticeable in the beer itself - good to see down here! I sampled this 33 cL bottle (blue front) purchased from Wong [grocery store] in CencoSud, San Isidro/Miraflores, Lima, Peru on 01-August-2022 for S./ 9,89 sampled on the streets of Lima, Peru with my wife and three kids on 02-August-2022.

Retroactive check-one

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Pours a hazy dark orange with some clumpy, white head. Nose has tangerine and orange, heavy malt and honey comb, wet corn. Flavor is sweet with malt and honey and corn, some soapy bitterness, some grass too. Full bodied and oily on the finish.