7.8

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

Bottle from the brewery, which sadly, just closed. But not gone. Still at Eataly and apparently setting up brewing at the West End icon the Cheese Boutique, if that's even true. Regardless, this anniversary beer, now aged by Indie for two years...Pours a rich copper, with strong pink undertones. Nose of vanilla/oak barrel, strawberry and a little funk. Taste is lighter than I expected, grassy malts, fresh berries, mildly sweet with some light sock funk supporting. Very accessible, and refreshing yet funky.

7

A hazed milky orange amber ale with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, sweet fruity mix of strawberry, light acidity, light mineral notes, Epsom salts, pleasant. In mouth, a nice tart mix of ground cherry, loads of strawberry, light acidity, light vanilla, very nice. On tap at Lupulus.