(#1786)(#26 US)(#8 Texas)
Drunk it at "Fairmont Hotel", Austin, TX, US

I can say that I have been to Dripping Springs, TX but I do not know the brewery. This is a 12 oz can that came from Mr. T's not long ago, a stamp on the bottom says canned on 12/04/24. I have a tulip glass from another Texas brewery that no longer operates, Buffalo Bayou, ready to go. The body looks like something in a glass of lemonade but it does have a small but steady cover of absolutely white foam. I smell tropical fruit, grain and some hops. With a drink I get grapefruit immediately and then orange peel, hops, a touch of pine and a small honeydew sweetness. Curiously it is more bitter than sweet, different for a NE style IPA. Not an outstanding beer but it is alright, alright, alright.

Can at Tru Hilton San Antonio airport. Pours hazy orange with a small off-white head, good lacing. Fruity, guava, pineapple, zesty. Ok

On tap at Haute Spot. Pours a cloudy orange yellow with small white head. The aroma pine and citrus. Medium body, pineapple, melon, grass, light bitterness, good.

On tap at Meteor. Pours a hazy light yellow with a hint of orange and a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has sweet citrus and light orange peel with a hint of mango supporting. Flavor has more citrus with a hint of mango, a bit of rind and a light sweet grains underlying.

Slightly hazy copper and bright orange coloured body with a nice, relatively quickly-fading off-white head, that starts out at about two centimetres tall in height that fades to just a thin layer of ugly-lacing tan specs. Aroma of mangoes, citrus hops, light grapefruit, a mellow dash of biscuity malts with some yeast and alcohol, with a touch of fructose and a relatively mild profile. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong citrus and light tropical fruits at first with a touch of grain and biscuity malts to balance out the relatively strong and higher alpha acid hop profile with a good bitterness and grapefruit funk on the end, all with some noticeable alcohol as well. Aftertaste shows the funk and bitterness from the grapefruits and citrusey hops with a good balance of malts and sweetness with a smooth bitterness (what does that even mean?) with a light herbal funk as well, but shows well and complex for the style. Overall, a nice and enjoyable mango and pure fruit inspired and hopped beer with a lot of bitterness and character, even while being fairly easy to drink! I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from Total Wine in Selma (The Forum, San Antonio), Texas on 14-October-2019 for US$1,99 sampled a bit more than a month later back here in Washington at my house on 17-November-2019.

Six years since I’ve had a drink on Sitxh Street...