7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at Casa Verde, 5/28/17.
Moderately hazy, deep maize-amber with lighter golden tints and a medium-sized, off-white head showing moderate retention.
Juicy fruits mix with light pine, wood and cherry to provide a varied, complex-hopped nose that pulls elements of the various continents together pretty nicely. Malts seem pretty well-attenuated from the nose but still yield light honey and a pinch of caramel. Quite fruity but not sharp or hot esters, thankfully with a good deal of wood and pine but still not overly resinous.
Fairly soft, with interludes of wood and grain, texture showing honey-caramel that easily balances the varied fruitiness that the hops provide. Nectarine, lime, cherry, red grapefruit and low-to-moderate bitterness. Carbonation is low but fairly engaging while it’s clean and shows low alcohol. The maltiest texture I’ve had on a Mast Landing beer; which has been their big weakest point thus far. Still could use more, and more focus overall, but this is encouraging.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2017
at 15:24