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

Canned 11/19/24, drunk 1/9/25.
Clear blonde-golden. Large, white head settles slowly to cover.
Lovely aged character shows nothing aggressive or tacky here. Just a speck of light clove with Oxbow's signature heavily basement-esque and mineralesque yeast. A bit of white pepper and lots of rich, honey-like malt. Doesn't smell too light, despite its size.
Softly malty but with tight carbonation. Excellent hopping providing balancing bitterness but still tastefully-done. Bit of bread and a bit of lime on the finish, as Ernest always complained about. I taste it, but it doesn't detract for me. Clean with lots of mineral, lots of malt and great texture and intensity of flavor for its size.