6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy deep orange and copper coloured body with a thin, one to two centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of oranges, tangerines, grass, hay, flowers, yeast and a dash of pine...there's some malt there, too....but seems fairly mild. Medium-bodied; Strong grassy and piney notes show at first with a noticeable, but slightly subdued fruity and juicy fruit note that has some bitterness, but some sweetness as well, with only a small hit of malt at the end, and a relatively unbalanced profile. Aftertaste shows the fruity notes, some pale and wheat malts, but mainly the dry, grassy and herbal hop characteristics that shows a little bitterness, but relatively smooth profile that's lacking in body and support. Overall, a decent, light-profiled, unfiltered (I wouldn't categorise this as New England) IPA that needs some more malts and a bit more complexity to make this better and worth searching for. Still nice to try fresh, but not great by any means. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Whole Foods in Arlington, Virginia on 05-October-2020 for US$3,99 sampled at my house here in Washington on 15-October-2020.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Oct 2020
at 05:54