6.8

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

Pours up at AZ Strong Ale Fest 2014 with a copper to gold body that supports an off white head. The aroma offers up malts and resiny hops that have a pine sap sort of citrusy grapefruit hoppiness. The taste offers up a mix of diacetyl buttery caramel notes mixing with grapefruit and tangelo like citrus hoppiness. There’s a smooth and pleasing thick sweet maltiness that provides a nice base for what this beer has going on. So obviously the diacetyl gets in the way here but the huge pile of hoppiness helps drive this experience right through the off notes. So there’s that.