8

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

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 1/18/2016. Pours crystal clear deep gold/amber color with 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, grass, light pepper, and light yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance of bready malt and moderate earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, grass, light pepper, and light yeast earthiness. Moderate herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of cracker, biscuit, light honey, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice balance and robustness of bready malt and moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness that slightly increases through the glass. Extremely clean on lager flavors with zero yeast ester notes present. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, fairly creamy/bready, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice Dortmunder style! All around great robustness and balance bready malt and moderate earthy hop flavors; and very smooth, clean, and easy to drink. A very enjoyable offering.

7.6

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

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 1/20/2016. Pours slightly hazy deep orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/tropical/pine hops, grapefruit peel, and moderate bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, lemon/orange rind, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/pine hops, grapefruit peel, and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero astringent hop flavors after the finish. Moderate dryness from bitterness as well. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately sticky/resinous, and lightly creamy/bready balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.6%. Overall this is a very nice grapefruit session IPA. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/pine hops, grapefruit peel, and moderate bready malt flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink. A very enjoyable offering.

7.6

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

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating, but was released recently. Pours slightly hazy deep ruby red/copper color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice capo that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, brown sugar, spicy rye, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/tropical hops, spicy rye, and moderate dark/bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, brown sugar, spicy rye, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/citrus rind bitterness and rye spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, lemon/orange rind, pine, caramel, spicy rye, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/piney hops, spicy rye, and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; with a good malt/bitterness balance and no cloying flavors after the finish. Moderate dryness from bitterness that increases through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, sticky/resinous, and creamy/bready balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good rye IPA. All around good robustness, complexity, and balance of citrus/tropical/piney hops, spicy rye, and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; and very smooth and easy to drink. Definitely a lot of rye malt in this beer, but has nice balance of the hops and sweet malts as well. A very enjoyable offering.

4.8

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

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a murky dark brown color with a medium sized foamy orange-tan head that left good lacing. The aroma was dryish and dusty with vague spices and lots of perfume. The flavor was bitter and tart with strong perfume and vague spices. Medium length finish. Medium body. Not good.

6.8

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

On tap at HopCat A2. Pours a near clear yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of very sweet mango with a sweet wheat backbone. Flavor has lots of sweet mango with sweet wheat underlying.

6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

On draft at World of Beer in Arlington. Pours a clear cola with a tan head. Blueberry aroma. Flavors of blueberry and chocolate. Does not do it for me.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours a cloudy amber with small off white head. The aroma is roast and caramel. Thin mouth spice, roasted malt, light bitter finish, good.

7

This is sensational.