7.8

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

(355ml can from L'Axe du Malt, Quebec City) Pours lightly hazy amber with a tight off-white head and lots of lace. Aroma of sticky nectarine and candied apricot, white grape, grapefruit peels, canteloupe, sweet bready malt, caramelized touches, some pine and citrus resinous bite. Flavour is somewhat sweet up front with overripe peach, melon, white grape, grapefruit, lots of Enigma showing up in the rindy sort of fruity vibe, malt is fairly prominent bready cereals with some caramel, finish is semi-dry and sticky with resin of pine and grapefruit, more melon, light bitterness and long floral aftertaste. Medium-plus bodied, oily, soft carb, hint of booze. Very Enigma-forward which isn't always my fave hop profile, but rendered well here in something stranded between a NE DIPA and an old school joint.