7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Pappadeux. Big nose of pineapple and stone fruit. Hazy orange juice codor in the glass. Thin head, but that's okay, since he filled it to the top of a larger glass than a pint, but it's what he could find that wasn't frosted. Initial mouthful is a little thin, like an English IPA from cask, but maybe just low carbonation. Not totally bitter, which can be nice. Hops are indeed more toward the fruity side, and the malt has a slightly dry finish. Seems a little strong, but that may be because I had a mixed drink before this.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Sep 2019
at 20:46
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Pours a clear straw yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has a nice grass and straw combination with a touch of light citrus underlying. Flavor has a grass note throughout supported by grass, straw and light hay.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jul 2019
at 20:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
5 oz. taster at Miskatonic, June 2018. Warm alcohol with a separate coffee smell. Deep dark brown with just a thin ring of foam around the edge. Taste is nice, just a little bit sweet, as an imperial brown instead of a stout: the difference is noticeable. Hints of cherry and rye spice. No “burn” of a rye whiskey, but a nice mellow note of brandy. Some vanilla and the slightest hint of oak. Hope to see this go to a few BA competitions.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2019
at 19:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours from can a clear orange--gold color with a medium white head that diminishes steadily to an outer ring. Short strings of lace. Piney hops, citrus and malt in the nose. Medium body with flavors of oniony hops, citrus and malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a short piney hop aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2019
at 16:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
The pour is extremely light, like a lawnmower lager, but with a sort of juicy haze in it. There was a fizzy, foamy head that reached to the top of this tulip glass, but it fizzled out before I could take this picture. The scent has plenty of mango and them pine resin, so in that regard, it’s still very much an American style Pale Ale. Taste: If I’m meant to think of this as “brut” as in very dry wine or champagne, I don’t think it’s quite there. There still a bit of malt sweetness to it, though, yes, less than one gets with a 7.0% abv brew. The can also lists it at 20 IBU, which seems much lighter than the bitterness I actually perceived. There’s mango and pine still on the tongue. The hop notes linger for a bitter aftertaste. It finishes quickly, leaving a noticeable coating of “legs” in the glass.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Sep 2018
at 03:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Single can. I was hit with a medium-strength nose of pine and citrus American hops. There was a lot of foam kicked up when I poured the beer, atop a brassy malt body with just a little haze. Once the foam finally settled down, it left legs and clumps of foam on the side of the glass. I tasted the hops up front. Again, the usual tropical fruit and pine of American pale ale. Bitterness is pretty distinct, at 50 IBU. The malt is there, with a bit of toast, but not enough to try and take over the hop-focused taste. It's easy to drink, and leaves a slightly bitter aftertaste. A decent flagship beer for this brewer, with no drawbacks, and good to keep in your basic repertoire.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2018
at 01:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aroma is fresh grapefruit peach peel some mango and cactus fruit. A hint of caramel. Taste is bitter juicy slightly grainy stuff. Bit alcoholic finish with some rather strange grainy bitterness. Drinkable and rather smooth. Ok.
Tried
on 17 Jul 2017
at 15:48
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle. Unfiltered orange body. Big creamy off-white head. Earthy stale aroma. Really not that impressive at all. Thickish earthy APA-like malts. Weak old school hop tone, resinous and oily. I would be pretty upset if I bought a six pack of this one. Shabby example of the style, even worse coming from a newish brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2017
at 21:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Taster at Brixie’s. Light clean gold color, but kind of a soapy smell. Taste has a note of autolyzed lager yeast up front. Not necessarily a good thing. Toasty malts come in later, but it’s hard to shake the initial impression. Slight lemongrass finish is a ray hope for improvement.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2016
at 22:43