Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 4/1/019. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy deep golden/orange/amber color with a 2 finger dense/creamy/rocky off white head with amazing retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts that whole glass. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Amazing appearance aromas of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, honey, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, honey, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, floral, grassy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, honey, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.5%. Overall this is a fantastic IPA. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/resinous/drying finish; nicely soft feel, and not aggressive. Fantastic Chinook, Cascade, Mosaic, Citra profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a perfectly balanced dark/bready malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on Midwest style IPA all the way through. Very impressive.
