6.5

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

Can pour from the brewery. It's a deeply hazy light amber with cap of off-white head with good retention and light lacing. Aroma is mix of piney bread that's hard to parse. Taste pretty much follows aroma. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, soft carbonation and lightly bitter finish. Overall, this is not only not appropriate for the style, it wouldn't even be a great version of it's closest cousin the conventional DIPA. An ESB? Is this just really old so hops are gone? Hard to figure. Didn't finish.