Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Very hazy light golden coloured body like straw and a ghostly off-white coloured body with a nice eighty per cent opaque glow, all underneath a three centimetre tall soapy and frothy off-white head that at least stays afloat nicely. Aroma of orange juice, grapefruit, resin, hay, grass, flowers and a good deal of sweetness from honey with a lot of malt and alcohol seemingly here as well. Full-bodied; Very rich and almost creamy melony and super malty notes show through everything and leave some lactose on the edges with a bunch of citrus fruits, honey, resin, pine and floral notes all here as well, with a deep bitterness from the hops as well. Aftertaste shows the pungent malt, melons, papaya and chewy sweetness front and centre with the citrus fruits, candy and grassy, dry hops and bitterness at the end - very strong throughout. Overall, a very strong, incredibly thick and pungent real Imperial IPA with a lot of hops and bitterness, but way more malts, fruit, lactose and body - thick and strong! Great to have fresh from New York and a good (not great) real Imperial IPA. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Whole Foods in New York (Bryant Park, 42nd Street), New York on 21-August-2021 for US$5,99, canned on 09-June-2021 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 07-September-2021.