6.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Tastes closer to a session IPA, but the ABV says otherwise. In dire need of heftier malting regardless; big dose of juicy hop fruitiness offers up big grapefruit, lemondrop and stone fruit veins, but a pilsner-ish weak malt front lacks balance, leaving the hops nothing to play off of. Grows a tad vegetal on the back end, until a floral-piney bitterness leads to a weak fade. Good feel, creamy and full, and the nose is a bouquet of all the hop goodness you want. Needs fine-tuning.