8.9

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Draught at Hugh O’Neill’s, 5/16/16.
Lovely, brilliant, flaxen-gold body shows plentiful sparkling carbonation and a big white head with strong retention.
Herbs and spices abound in the nose as bright citrus notes quickly pick up their intensity as well. Hay and biscuit-like malts sit in the background adding no more than necessary as the hops do all the talking. Light minerality is notable and it’s just pure, crisp, hop aromatics with no resin or heavy grapefruit.
Perfectly attenuated, with enough residual malt adding texture and balancing easily the hops. Black pepper, fresh grass, herbs, hay, tangerine-lemon and tight carbonation all make for a flavorful and crisp finish with no sweetness lingering and no resin as well. Clean, refreshing and highly-drinkable, it’s good to see restraint used on the citrusy hop element, which otherwise could easily dominate the beer. But it doesnt and this is blissful.