7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Capped 750 from Corti Bros. Pours bright gold with a nice white head. Aroma suggests white grape and wood. Sort of tropical. Med body. Flavor is dry, has white grape and wood aspects. More like a Brut sparkling wine than any Brut IPA I've tried so far. Bitter, but perhaps not hop bitter - sort of a light pineapple acidity working with white grape and wood. Of course there's no grape and wood likely here, but whatever was done it comes out that way for me. Pale malt support really distinguishes this from wine. Then with time the pineapple which was barely present morphs into something more like passionfruit. Nothing juicy about this ale tho. Those who like dry sparkling wine might enjoy this. I do.