8.2

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

(473ml can c/o Luc, thanks!) Pours near-opaque deep gold with a thick white head and some spotty lace. Aroma of canned pineapple, mixed citrus peels (orange, white grapefruit, lime), guava, some sweet banana candy, a bit of ganja. Flavour is off-dry but quite fruity with heavy hits of orange and lime peels, nectarine, guava-like florals, banana penicillin, some dank fruity weed, pineapple accents, very smooth lightly bready malt with low sweetness, drying totally into the finish which is low bitterness but has a nice lime peel grip to it and very light alcohol warmth. Medium-bodied, a bit less creamy than usual house style with moderate (so high for Badlands) carb. Really solid DIPA again from Badlands; I am not sure the malt base tweak is 100% successful but it was more because I felt a shift away from creaminess. Hop profile is quite nice.