7.9

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Poured up on tap at the brewpub where it exhibits a lightly hazed (hop haze! ) deep gold body that has copper hues and supports a full light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up tangerines, grapefruit, a resiny pine like hoppiness and then a mild booze fruit hard candy sense at the end of the draw. The taste begins smooth and soft and feels almost nitro tapped. It quickly builds up bitter mango, grapefruit and some pine hoppiness. Inside the hop bitterness are juicy notes of cantaloupe, peach and mango. At the core of the experience is a malt infused modestly boozy note that reminds you of the large wide abv. At times a candy like sugar boosting note is noticed as well. This is a nice big softly bruising beer.