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

Canned 8/26/24, purchased from the brewery on 11/14/24, yikes! Beer really isn't sellin' like it used to! Drunk 11/21/24. Turbid, bronze-concrete. Massive, orange-tinted head. Strong retention. Citra up front adding telltale orange, red grapefruit and mango, augmented by the fruit salad of the Motueka. Maybe a bit of wood, pine, spice, but minimal, from the other hops. Clean, no twang. Well-structured, biscuit and white bread malts gently support. Soft and juicy with a bit of funk and old hop cheesiness. Rich malts are pretty well-attenuated, though super round and succulent. Mango, pine, various Amarillo woody spice and a bit of mineral and bright spice from Motueka. This is really well-done and delicious in spite of being a staggering almost 3 months old! But these top tier IPAs really do last as long as they're kept very cold.