6.2

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle pour into shaker pint glass from Trader Joe's, Nashua. Appearance is clear amber with tons of sparkle, finger-width creamy head with fair retention and nice soapy lacing. Aroma is dank basement, bread, floral. Taste is bread, slightly nutty, dank earth with hint of fruit. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin texture, lively carbonation and dry, crisp finish without much flavor. Overall, more malt forward than hops. To be fair, this is slightly outside the range for hops freshness (born 8/30/17) but based on other reviews this may just be a slightly odd IPA.