8.4

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can at Power Beer Fest, 5/14/22. Nice to see people still doing this style (Grodziskie). Pours an ever-so-slightly-hazy, blonde-brass with a small, but well-retained, white head. Lovely smokiness here, woody and mild, but still aromatic. Just a touch of mild lactic character behind it with soft, dough and honey-like malts. Clean. Smokey, with light lemon, honey, wood and soft, well-attenuated and well-textured malts. Not overdone in any aspect, especially the malt. Tartness/lemony acidity balances the soft, succulent, chewy malts perfectly.

6.5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8

Can at home. Brown and fairly clear hued. Nose is ash and chocolate. Tastes of bitter dark chocolate, char, roasted coffee bean, molasses. Thinner bodied.

7.4

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

Pours pale yellow into a shaker. Soapy white head with medium retention recedes to mottle surface. Wet straw, citrus and sourdough aromas. Crisp with sour apple, cracker and sourdough upfront turning to mild, bitter earth in the medium length finish.

7.2

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

Canned 10/27/21, drunk 11/21/21. Moderately hazy canteloupe with a frothy, white head showing good retention. A bit dirty in the nose, earthy and such with weird minerals, the canned pineapple telltale of sabro and maybe a touch of melon, pine and tangerine. In the mouth it's pretty mild, low in flavor, some bland texture showing through, very dry with a rather soft, but not as sumptuous as I'd like malt texture. That said, it's only 5.3% so should give it some leeway. Pretty interesting flavors and not all ruined by punchy/twangy, gross canned pineapple, nor is it heavily/sharply piney from the El Dorado. Some pine, mango, papaya, melon and more honey with warming, getting softer and more approachable. I think this is a very well-made beer, perhaps just not in love with these hops (though they're done pretty admirably).

8

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

Taster pour on tap at 13th annual NH Brewfest. It's an opaque dark yellow with tons of sparkle, creamy cap of white head with excellent retention and nice lacing. Aroma is an interesting mix of floral-dandelion and herb. Taste follows aroma with intriguing mix of florals and herb along with yeast. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with thin, frothy texture, average-to-lively carbonation and crisp, dry finish.

7.2

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

This expression of Vic secret is really nice. Pineapple, mango, and a little bit of herb. Moderately bitter with a nice easy malt back bone. A little bit of juice texture.

7.2

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

4 oz. draft. Aroma shows real mild grass / herb on top of citrus. Flavor carries the citrus upfront with the mild grassy herbal thing in the finish. Again, zero bitterness and ends with mild lingering grass. Good.

6.5

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

Pours hazy yellow into a shaker. Bright white head with little retention crackles and recedes to skim surface. Cracker, wet hay and sourdough aromas. Soft with sweet citrus and hay upfront turning to dry bread in the medium length finish.

8.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

16 oz. can. 03/02/21. Thanks TJ. Aroma is a mixture of grapefruit and pineapple. Flavor is quite good; soft tropical fruit, mild grapefruit and very soft citrus peel bitterness. Good amount of juice texture. Really well balanced. Easily the best beer I’ve had this brewery.

8

Hazy cloudy NEIPA with......GALAXY. Has a good balance of hops and citrus pith grapefruit.