tap at 800degree pizza in Fort Wayne. THis was weird - a beer that drinks like a cocktail - not a fan

Black and Tan #fail

Mostly clear copper and bronze coloured body with a thinnish, one to two centimetre tall off-white and deep tan head that stays afloat nicely over the slightly hazy glow. Aroma of fairly bitter and slightly nutty malt notes with a lot of grass and grain, with only a dash of sweetness, no alcohol and a deep stale note - mostly from the malts. Medium-bodied; Strong nutty and grainy, earthy malts hit at first with a very subdued hop bitterness that is nutty as well and showing an English or European influence with a deep flavour, just not a big pungent bitterness at all, and no real complexity. Aftertaste is pretty dry, without much at all going on, and only a touch of resinous sweetness on the end, but the deeper, herbal flavours do hit, but the grainy malt notes are strongest. Overall, a very East Coastie, older school IPA or even APA that shows a lot of nuts, a good deal of malt/grains, with little sweetness and not much complexity - not a bad beer, but not showing much of anything worthwhile to drink a lot of. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle, purchased from Beer Baron in Livonia, Michigan on 23-October-2022 for US$3,49 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 30-November-2022.

Ever so slightly hazy golden coloured body with a faint ghostly white glow, all underneath a one to two centimetre tall just off-white head. Aroma of crisp, grassy and pretty bubble gummy scents come out at first from the fresh hops, with some noticeable malt aromas and a pleasant light tropically sweetness - robust and pungent in the nose. Light-bodied; Grassy and floral notes show at first with a pretty big fruit-based sweetness that hits right behind and gives this a nice balance without any pungent bitterness, but a smooth fruity characteristic. Aftertaste is dry, pretty clean and showing a soft soapy quality towards the end with a mellow malty finish, but the malt, hops, dryness and especially fruit notes all hit nicely together, with a great balance and good profile throughout. Overall, a nice fresh hopped IPA that blends the line on sub-styles and hits nicely across the spectrum, with some noticeable bitterness, but smooth fruit and sweetness and a complex dryness that stays on the palate in a good manner - great to try from my home state of Michigan! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle, purchased from Beer Baron in Livonia, Michigan on 23-October-2022 for US$2,99, sampled at my house here in Washington on 16-November-2022.

A bit lean on the body to hold up to all of the bitter/black malt for me