Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can (4/8/25) from the brewery. Pale yellow with nice sparkle, big head with fair retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong white grape, bit of white wine, mild tropical fruit over pale/Pilsner malt, hint of matchstick. Taste is white grape over pale/Pilsner malt, minerals, late hint of matchstick. Frothy texture, soft carbonation and dry finish as taste. The Nelson (grape-y kind, not herbal) carries the day, which I really like. Pilsner malts are there but subdued with everything else going on, which I also like. Enjoyable.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Canned 4/8/25, drunk 5/20/25, compliments of tfontana. Thanks, Tom!
Clear, bright lemon-lime-brass-golden. Large, white head, steadily recedes to spotty cover.
Beautifully-aromatic nose still shows of big Nelson spice, white wine and mineral. Mild-to-moderate matchstick from the Riwaka and soft, honey-accented malts to balance. Lingering gooseberry, unripe guava and more mellow honey-like maltiness. Clean.
Juicy, tropical, full of white wine with mild spice and mild matchstick. Mildly zippy bitterness balances the deep, rich, mostly well-attenuated malts nicely. Some light biscuit helps dry, as well. Not that it really matters, but what's West Coast about this? The fact that it doesn't have noble hops? I thought a WC pils was supposed to mimic WC IPA hop profiles using, you know, WC hops. Whatever the case, this is lovely and very well-done. Only critique would be wanting just a bit more attenuation. It's just a bit round and sweet at points.

Thanks Tom aroma is nelson, grass, light citrus. Flavor follows, soft, crisp, refreshing.