Drink Me on Dates

Draft tulip. A small batch prepared for a Brewer/Chef dinner at RBY. Have to say it’s a great visual presentation: cloudy yellow with a big, white, pillowy head. Smell is mainly of wit, minus the usual wheat beer esters, but with a hint of dark fruit lurking in the background. Taste starts with definite Juniper and spruce spiciness. Dates start out light, more like dried "cherry raisins," then come out a little stronger, like a pulpy dark fruit juice. May be a tad too heavy to consider a "lawnmower" beer, but this is what I’d in front of me at the end of a day of summertime chores.