Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can pour from Beer and Wine Nation. Appearance is opaque light brown with thin cap of off-white head with poor retention and trace lacing. Aroma is strong sweet florals and mild vegetal; peach and pineapple candy. Taste follows aroma along with late biscuit and (weirdly) matchstick. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth, frothy texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, quite strong and nice complexity for 4.9%!

Aroma is dank peach, pineapple, light grains. Taste is nice, clean, crisp, balanced notes of citrus, hops, and a very crushable beer. Well crafted.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can shared with Paul. Oxidized murky dark gold color with a smattering of carb bubbles. Earthy roast with bits of nog spice and vanilla. Interesting beer.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can from the Packie Dark brown with a hint of garnet on the edge and a decent sized bubbly off white head that slowly recedes. Huge coffee on the nose with a hint of chocolate earth and coconut. More coconut in the flavor but its pretty subtle. Pretty nice.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

16 oz can. West Coast IPA’s seem to be making a come back on the East Coast. Unfortunately I’m not a huge fan of them anymore. Flavor is caramel malt, soft herb, mild pine. Balanced and well made for what it is.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16 oz can. Slightly over carbonated had to wait for the foam to die. Aroma is apricot, mango and perhaps pineapple. The flavor is the same with the Sabra hop showing a very mild coconut character in the finish. Low bitterness with a soft mouth feel.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 oz. can. Well over 60 days old at this point. Thanks tfontana for this trade. Aroma and flavor show cantaloupe, peach, yeast phenolic notes. The most positive thing here is I cannot find the 11%. Really smooth with the strength. Real good!

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 oz. can traded by tfontana. Thanks for grabbing this! Aroma is dusty fruit and malt. Flavor shows bold orange rind, grapefruit skin, and soft floral notes. A good variety of hop nuances. The floral bitterness starts to stack as it warms up but it helps balance the fruit. This is a pretty nice brew!

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 oz. can shared by tfontana. Thanks for keeping me the king of Kettlehead! Aroma shows peach and English ale yeast. The amount of fruit is pretty crazy but it also shows a pretty sweet malt backbone. Easy drinking but it starts to get pretty sweet overall.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can pour from Beer and Wine Nation, Merrimack. It's a cloudy dark yellow with thin cap of white head with poor retention and light soapy lacing. Aroma is strong, bright stone fruits and fruit salad, whiff of herb. Taste is strong citrus, stone fruit, fruit. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with thin texture, average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, more than I would have expected from these two hops! Nice!