4.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Sampled on draft this beer poured a brown color with a large foamy tan head that left decent lacing. The aroma was faint with a bit of wood and coffee. The flavor was wood and burnt coffee. Medium length finish. Light body.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sampled on draft this beer poured a hazy golden color with a medium sized foamy white head that faded quickly and left minimal lacing. The aroma was tangy with sour berries. The flavor was tangy, sour and tart with vague berries and sugar. Long finish. Medium body. Pleasant.

4.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5

Sampled on draft this beer poured a dark amber color with a large foamy white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was sweet perfume and bubblegum. The flavor was tart with strong perfume, some sweetness and some astringency. Long perfume finish. Moderately full bodied. Meh.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Sampled on draft this beer poured a black color with a medium sized creamy tan head that lingered and left great lacing. The aroma was malty with toffee, nut and cocoa. The flavor was boozy and biting with cocoa, hazelnut and malt. Long finish. Moderately full bodied and creamy.

7.6

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

12 ounce can into tulip glass, best before 9/25/2018. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.2%. Overall this is a very good IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and pretty refreshing to drink with the moderately bitter/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Was expecting more tropical presence with the Cascade, El Dorado, Citra, Galaxy billing; but this was tasty. Very juicy, dank, and earthy balanced hop complexity; nice bready Munich malt backbone, with minimal residual sweetness. A very enjoyable offering.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can pour at Bella Vista, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out earthy and piney hops, and a bready malt base. Flavour is quite earthy and somewhat tropical, with lightly fruity hops. Decently balanced. Not bad.

5.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Can pour at Bella Vista, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is loaded with sweet pineapple. Flavour is loaded with sweet pineapple and barely anything else. Sweet and gimmicky. Meh.

5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Can pour at Bella Vista, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out straw and biscuity malt. Flavour brings out fresh corn, straw and biscuity malt. Fairly crisp and clean. Decent.

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

On a mountain: pours hazy yellow or something. Aroma is loads of pineapple juice. Taste is rather sweet. Not very many dimensions to this beer, but easy enough to drink.

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