Draught at the brewery and a growler (shared in the car 15 minutes later) on 2/7/14
Pale gold body with plentiful white head, high clarity and good retention.
Heavily floral hoppiness in the nose is delightfully fragrant, without any heavy acids but is still quite assertive. Malts are lightly bready in the background and no alcohol or flaws are noted.
A firm texture really makes this feel a lot stronger or bigger than it is, not in a bad way, just dosent seem like youre drinking a session beer. Still, the hoppiness is crisp, citric/floral and with a fair amount of bitterness building up on the end. The dextrinous body evolves with some honey-like maltiness but the strong carbonation keeps it from ever getting any where close to not incredibly sessionable. Nice to feel like youre drinking an IPA when youre actually not getting all the alcohol. That seems to be the point of this style, no? Mission accomplished.