Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Very hazy golden coloured body with a fairly thin, one centimetre tall off-white and light tan head that caps the beer nicely above the 80 per cent opaque body. Aroma of honey, flavours, grass, hay and resin and a small dose of grapefruit and lemons. Medium to Full-bodied; Pretty rich and resinous hop notes show at first with a good alpha acid punch and some smooth, but strong wheat and oat malts that provide good balance, but seemingly add to the bitterness quotient. Aftertaste is pretty hop-forward with some grapefruit and stone fruit notes, but the dryness, pungency and astringency here is strong, perhaps a bit overpowering - especially for the alcohol content. Overall, not such a great IPA - much too pungent and resinous throughout with some Imperial Status in terms of bitterness, but not enough balance here that makes this more drinkable - it's not so great and definitely a passable beer here in this series. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Wine in Newport News, Virginia on 20-November-2022 for US$4,99, canned on 06-June-2022, made it into the store on 20-July-2022 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 20-June-2023.