8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Canned 10/24, drunk 12/12/18.
Moderately hazy, golden-peach-orange. White head atop is small and slowly recedes to a ring.
Nose is soft and inviting with juicy nectarine, mango and tangerine being prominent. One of my favorite parts of KF's IPAs are there relative lack of heavy yeast character. For a NE IPA, this is clean, crisp and shows little/no bubble gum or other intense, thick ester. Malts are well-attenuated below, adding very light honey, whitebread and hints of cracker. Everything smells harmonious and juicy with no alcohol, resin/pine or flaw.
In the mouth it's soft, supple, malty and dry with light honey, white bread and cracker comprising the malt backbone. Just as clean and soft as can be with juicy hops showing tangerine, ripe nectarine and mango. Near perfectly balanced with no alcohol, no twang/resin and no yeastiness. Focuses on the low bitterness and juicy hop character without all the creamy, estery, bubble gummy crap that so often gets in the way with these NE IPAs. Light and drinkable but bursting with flavor. Amazing. And this at over a month and a half old.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2018
at 15:36