8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

(473ml can from L'Axe du Malt, Quebec City) Pours very hazy medium gold, thick white head with some lace. Aroma is super-NZ, lots of thick white grape, floral tropical fruit (guava etc), sticky dried mango, heavy dank leafy vibes, white grapefruit peel, Phantasm-like thiols, doughy oat/wheat malt. Flavour is lighty sweet and again loaded with white grape, white grapefruit, guava, heavy thiols, dank AF, sticky mango and resin underneath, peppery intensity to the dankness, malt is quite dry and doughy without a ton of residual sugar which nicely supports the grapey, thiol-laden and white wine heavy hop load nicely. Fruity all the way into the finish, thiol party, round fruity yeast, guava and mango with lightly sugared grapefruit, aromatic white wine squeeze, dank peppery vibes behind it all. Dry finish with lingering tropical florals and citrus over a spicy-dank moderate bitterness. Far and away the best Nano Cinco hops to date, takes a hot minute to really open up but then it's a balanced beast. Huge NZ-forward hop bill, Riwaka and Nelson of course pulling weight but NZ Cascade is surely in there too.