8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 9/6/2019. Pours very hazy/cloudy deep golden/amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big blood orange juice, tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of blood orange, citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big blood orange juice, tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness; and fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of blood orange juice, tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of blood orange, citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness and tart/tangy fruit balance; with no cloying, astringent, puckering flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and tart/tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, sticky/resinous/rindy, and fairly acidic/tangy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Mild increasing warmth of 9.4% after the finish. Overall this is an awesome fruited DIPA! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of blood orange, citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, and bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV, with the modestly bitter/tart/resinous/drying finish. Not overly aggressive. Awesome Simcoe, Amarillo profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops/fruit; with a nice sized bready malt backbone. Mild residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive style example as expected.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2019
at 04:51