8

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

Poured from a 16 oz can dated October 05, 2022. Aroma is hop forward with gooseberry, passion fruit, berry notes, white wine and light citrus notes. Hints of oily, dank resin notes. Light cracker malt notes and light alcohol notes. Pours a hazy, dull, golden straw color with a medium sized, fairly thick, fluffy, white head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers. Moderate lacing and faint legs. Flavor is somewhat sweet with light cracker malt notes. Moderately strong bitterness and light alcohol notes. Fairly hop forward with lots of gooseberry, berry, white wine and passion fruit notes with lighter notes of tropical citrus and oily, dank resin. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a really solid IPA. I'm not sure what makes this a West Coast style hazy IPA as it seems like a pretty standard hazy IPA. Maybe it has a bit lighter, drier malt profile. Either way it's very nice and I really like the hop profile. Balanced alcohol and bitterness notes.