Draught at Five Horses Davis Square, 12/10/17.
Lightly hazy, bronze-brass-golden. Small white head showing moderate retention.
Juicy fruits and easygoing pine join with deep, honey-like malts and a clean, fruity yeast on the finish. No resin or alcohol, no big grapefruit-pine (though this is certainly a citrus-forward IPA). It's quite soft on account of the malt, with lots of spicy orange rind, cherry, marmalade and light pine lingering.
In the mouth it's extremely soft, malty, well-attenuated and tightly carbonated. Spicy orange, light nectarine, pear, apple and growing grapefruit turn to a lightly-to-moderately bitter finish that is well-balanced between hop acid and malt. Very fruity and even with impressively low resin and no alcohol or flaw.