7.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

16oz can from Boise Co-op. Pale golden pour, clear, thin white foamy head shrinks slowly. Aroma is fruit with a nice helping of Belgian yeast. Taste is yeasty, floral, sourdough, malty, bready. Nice little bite at the finish.

7.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can at home. Orange pour and small head. Something just isn’t grabbing me on hue. Nose is citrus and some alcohol pretty nice. Tatses of mango, orange, pineapple, pine, rock candy. Didn’t get much alcohol despite the abv

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can, from Trader Joe's, Manhattan. Pours clear golden with a large foamy off-white head, citrusy but almost medicinal aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter citrusy taste with faint piney flavor, thin smooth body, long finish with a bit of throat burn. The high ABV is evident but still drinkable.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Pint can - lightly hazy dark gold with a substantial, soapy head - really lively, effervescent body - nose is all IPA, with strong herbal and citric hoppiness - approach is medium sweet, with some spicy belgian character developing through the middle just as the hop flavor and bitterness emerge, complimenting each other well - bright floral notes lead to the finish, which is moderately bitter, moderately fruity, lightly peppery - would like a little more tripel character, but it is solid - it ain't Houblon Chouffe, but it's good.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

16 ounce can from Lower Merion Beverage. Bright yellow gold color is topped by a frothy white head. Fragrant tropical fruit aroma hints at mango and pineapple. First sip is big warming alcohol, followed by sweet citrus and mango. There is an underlying hop bitterness that lingers throughout. Estery notes on backend. Finishes dry with peppery notes.

7.8

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

Another pint can I got from Halftime. An extremely pleasant day for early February, I think I’ll sample this one out on the front porch. Globe glass ready, I make the pour. Gold with a bit of orange in color completed by a hefty head of sterling white foam, steadily rebuilt from below. The nose is peach, maybe some nectarine and cereal. The taste is not bad, actually better than that. Yellow fruit, citrus, hops, honeydew, cardboard and white bread. A minimal sweetness along with a pronounced bitterness. Good enough.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

8

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

Pint can pours with a clear deep gold colored body that has thin copper hues and supports a white head of foam. The aroma offers up mango, a bit of orange and pineapple and then spicy yeast followed by mild fruity esters. The taste delivers tropical mango and pineapple followed closely by fairly sweet orange like hoppiness. To midway modest levels of a yeasty presence bubbles to the surface creating a bit of spiciness and pear to apple like fruity esters. This works pretty well as it stays firmly away from over sweetness that plagues beers these days. There's nearly no sense of the ABV as well.