Slightly hazy golden coloured body with a bit of a copper glow and a thin, almost non-existant off-white head. Aroma of grass, coriander seed, oranges, alcohol and a hint of metal. Medium-bodied; Strong wheat flavour at first then mellows out with some sour orange tastes, a hint of yeast, a little lemon and a light herbal flavour. Aftertaste shows a lot of wheat, a bit of sweetness, but mostly, sour and bitter lemon and curacao flavours. Overall, a decent hef, more on the ’relaxing’ and refreshing side of beers, but not horrible. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Oliver’s Beverage in Albany, New York on 18-November-2011 for US$3.30 sampled at home in Washington on 10-June-2012.

Pours slightly hazed, dark gold into a Sam glass. Off-white head with medium retention recedes leaving spot lacing. Sweet pine and resin aromas. Well balanced with sweet caramel and earthy, roasted nuts and resin.

Draught Good white head, pale golden beer. Faint hoppy and pale malts nose, rather subdued. Bitterish, bit plasticky flavour, faint grassy notes. Retronasal some light sulphury notes. Very heavily carbonated, on edge of overcarbonated in feel, not visual. Light body, gristslickness. Not very interesting, this still season.

Draught Medium, dark beige-brown head over pitch-black beer. Coffee nose, dark chocolate, espresso or coffee drays. Sweet-bitter, roasted; good balance. Ends on good bitter chocolate. Well-bodied, hint at spirit, quite slick-oily, warming. Ah - this is Missions’ flagship brand; well done.

Draught Good off-white head over hazy amber-gold beer. Malt, lightly coloured malts, green hops (and not EU ones). Sulphur-y. Faint bitterish-toasted flavour. Hops are in evidence, but not really in balance with the main malt flavour. Warming up, sulphur gone, in exchange for nice nutbread flavour. Aftertaste is surprisingly dry-bitterish, some hopoils that are not bad. BIt sticky. Deserving, but still... I think somebody ought to catch the trolley to Düsseldorf, instead of USA-written cookbooks.

Draught Small white head over golden beer with greenish shine. Sharp solvent nose, drying meat, estery, cloves. Cloves, sweet oranges, tad of mint in the finish. Low carbonation - in fact for the style utterly undercarbonated (somebody switched data with the Pils?). Wheatslickness, light body. Not convincing. Flavour is +/- right, but it presents itself lame.

Draught Small white head, well-carbonated deep golden beer. Malty nose, fresh, even greenmalt, active yeast. Bitterish, with some maltbase, but tastewise falling a tad flat. Carbonation lends a slight acidity to the tongue. Bit sticky feeel; gristslickness and light body. Average to decent blonde; excellent presentation, seldom seen for tasters.

Draught. Arbitrary score 4/5 for Appearance, as nighttime conditions prevented correct assessment. Very hoppy, IPA worthy, exotic fruit and orange marmalade. Very dry-bitter grapefruit, filled with some resin; bitter rosewater or lytchees (the kernels?) Light MF, quite slick, hopoils feel. Very classical, exemplary IPA.

Draught Small off-white head over foxy orange-golden beer, medium carbonation. Orange(peel)y nose, some garden herbs, suggestion of vegetable bitterness, faintly fruity. Very outspoken bitter first impression, with a bitterness that wavers between plastic-y and quinine, and a flavourprofile as from orangeessence. Slight sulphur. Agressive hopoils determining MF and aftertaste, medium bodied, quite slick, feels more heavily carbonated than it looks. Typical example of a I-want-a-big-one-too IIPA, which is not what I get from the other Mission Brewery beers. The plasticy component OTOH common in their brews, ought to be eliminated.