6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Decent Belgo IPA, offering up a sturdy Belgian yeast backbone and moderate tropical hop flavors, yet with a strange astringency on the back end that doesn't meld all that well with the bread-and-fruit center. Starts citric and estery, orange, lemon and melon meshing with apple notes and yeast, then grows bitter with traces of pepper and pencil shavings. Finish turns unexpectedly boozy and harsh, a noticeable alcohol streak tainting the bready fade. Decent nose, mixing lemondrop citrus with yeast. Looks okay, hazy and gold with a modest white head and slight lacing. Palate is well-carbonated but sharp and overly warm for a 6% beer. Needs fine-tuning.