Tap at DC Hama. Clear copper with a finger of off-white head. Lovely nose with pine and grapefruit notes, but also nice mango and passion fruit goodness. Some light caramel as it warms, but only a tad. Very hop-forward nose. Average carbonation with a medium body. Perfectly balanced, but leans a little to the hoppy side on the palate. Good bitterness, but the fruitiness and juiciness remains throughout the finish. Very solid beer. Almost as good as Modern Times Blazing World. Great job DC crew! --- Beer merged from original tick of Lusty Lady on 07 Jan 2016 at 20:39 - Score: 8. Original review text: Fantastic complex Amber brown hoppy chocolate hybrid!

Tap into a shaker showing moderate filtration, sparse white foam and tanned honey tones. The nose shows moderately intense tropical notes of mango and pineapple. The palate is well carbonated and light bodied. The first impression is an explosive greeting of the same tropical fruit forward notes into a slightly sharp IPA bitterness. Well supported malt backbone to reflect the Pale Ale style throughout although the hopping and bitterness are dangerously close to an IPA. Regardless of such, great drinking and easily one of the best Pale Ales I’ve had.