The beer pours out a nice amber color, with a foamy head that was easier to keep from topping over the glass, and that settled easily. A nice stream of bubbles keeps up the resemblance to champagne, but not very overtly. The nose has just very light notes of tree fruit, with just a bit of English hop at the side. My second bottle, which I'm having a few days after this review, had a strong pear nose under the cap, but it dwindled as I poured. The taste has a not of yeast in it; odd, since it looks like a pretty thoroughly filtered beer. Perhaps that’s some of the exotic fruit the hops are supposed to bring in. It’s definitely dry, without the powerful bitterness, resin, or smoothie fruits of other recent IPA styles. In fact, it starts to give me the impression of a light mimosa. And now a suggestion of pineapple. The slightly elevated alcohol content shows in the dry malt finish, that leaves the rest of the day available for other activities. Luckily, I have no other activities planned except for pizza eating.