8.1

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught at the brewery, 5/27/17.
Light copper-maize with a bright blonde tint and a medium-sized white head atop showing modest retention. Thoroughly hazy, bordering soupy.
I get a little more of the pine and citrus of the mosaic than I do the more lighthearted El Dorado (the current commercial description is an older batch; the hops change), but it’s not necessarily a bad thing as it works well with the biscuity, cracker-laden malts and clean, fresh yeast to present less of a juice bomb, giving it slightly more traditional APA tendencies. That being said, it’s still plenty juicy, with pineapple, melon and mango pitted against grapefruit and lemon. No alcohol or flaw and but for the moderate pine finish (which isn’t resinous), it’s not aggressive at all.
Quite dry, with a substantial malt base that shows off very fruity, moderately juicy notes (mango, pineapple, melon, sweet lime) and some more austere citrus (lemon, grapefruit). It comes together nicely and still manages to come across reasonably light and drinkable, the high attenuation and tight carbonation helping to see to that. No alcohol, flaw, doughy yeast or resin here.