7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Tulip at the brewery - turbid gold with a fluffy head - flavor is rustic, dry grains, peppery phenolic, lightly earthy/dusty yeast, tropical fruit hoppiness - soft texture - very dry and quite bitter - the addition of simcoe throws me off a bit, adding a kind of garlicky note - other than this, there is some nice stuff happening - spicy phenolics, tropical fruit, soft wheat malt flavors, background hints of funkiness - finish has the slightest huskiness to the malt character - needs a little cleaning up, but a lot of promise.