7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can pour into tulip glass. Advertised as an "Imperial Pale Ale" but without a Rate Beer category for this, seems more DIPA than APA. Appearance is cloudy light orange--like a peach juice--with trace sparkle at edge of the glass, finger-width fizzy white head with poor retention and trace leggy lacing. Aroma is strong tropical fruit, milder citrus and nice malt backbone. Taste is sweet fruit, herb, mild astringency, late biscuit/bread and mild earthy bitter. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin texture, average-to-lively carbonation and mix of sweet and bitter finish. Overall, strong aroma and flavor as is typical for the brewer. Appearance is decent; palate is a little thin/overcarbonated.