Bottle 12fl.oz. [ As Red Brick Brother Leo ].Unclear medium orange color with a large to huge, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, fruity, grass, funky. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a long duration, perfumed, hoppy, fruity, brett, sharp, apricot. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150116]

I am apparently the first European to rate this, in any case it is my first beer from the state of Georgia. Labelled an ISA (so a ’session IPA’) brewed with wheat. Almost clear, yet very slightly hazy, orangey blonde colour under a thin but creamy, yellowish white head leaving some irregular lacing but in spite of the hops, not remaining very stable; adding the deposit creates a fully hazy orange blonde colour, with some darker dead yeast particles floating around (though it hasn’t passed its best before date yet). Very hoppy aroma with a big emphasis on the fruity sweetness of it; I get lots of mandarin and rosewater, freshly baked cookies coming straight out of the oven, butterscotch, ginger, wheat, sweet white grapes, papaja, strawberry, hints of biscuit, something ’animalistic’ (sourish sweat, cooked meat) and abbey cheese. Fruity, crisp onset, peach, some sour berries and mandarin, minerals, remarkably soft carbonation (which also explains the limited head retention), vaguely salty accent (blue cheese far away in the background) announcing, and leading to a gentle but spicy hop bitterness, developing in the finish over a ’bridge’ of thin but still supportive caramelly and somewhat bready malts with perhaps a faint suggestion of wheaty sourishness; ends in a floral, citrussy, slightly peppery hop bitterness, drying but not overpowering and leaving some starch-like yeastiness as well as a hint of toasted malts in the game. Perhaps a bit undercarbonated, the body is on the thin and somewhat ’watery’ side even for a beer of below average ABV, but this is compensated by a delightful, flowery and charming hop profile, as it should be in this particular style. Surely enjoyable especially if you’re a hophead like me, though perhaps not the best session IPA I had so far.

Bottle shared on the bus during RBWG 2015. Pours unclear amber with a creamy, off-white head. The nose holds funky old berries and leaves. Medium sweet flavor, a little metallic, with some caramel and old fruits. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with sticky sugars, leathery fruits, more caramel. OK.

Bus beer, RBWG 2015. Clear amber maroon color. Aroma is mostly caramel. Taste has a bit of sourness.

Bottled 355ml. -at O’Hara Zagreb. Clear golden coloured, small white head, caramel and touch of fruits in the nose. Sweet malty, caramel, grapefruity, citrusy/piney hoppy, notes of alcohol and touch of wood in the finish. Pleasant one but rather ordinary concidering ABV. 6.2%

Bottled 355ml. - at O’Hara Zagreb. Golden amber coloured, minimal off-white head, notes of caramel in the nose. Slight toasted malt, dry caramel, dog food with nutty notes and short caramel finish. Cheery label, bad beer....

Bottle shared late night during RBWG 2015. Pours unclear gold with a foamy white head. The nose has dry citrus peel. Medium sweet flavor with oily citrus fruits, tangerine, pale bread. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Finishes moderately sweet with pine needles, orange rind, hay. OK.

Bottle during the RBWG lobby share. Pours a cloudy orange with small white head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is grain and bready malt. Thin mouth, resin hop, light pine, decent.

Bottle, hotel tasting, RBWG Tampa 2015. Hazy golden color. Very fruity aroma. Taste is bitter summer fruit.