Pours a very pale yellow gold. There’s a minor amount of haze. Good-sized white head. Rocky bubbles on top of a blanket of foam. Just ok head retention. Some lacing. Aroma has a light doughy malt sweetness. Mild citrus hoppiness with a tropical twist. Grapefruit, lemon, mint, mango. Nice and pleasant. Fresh pale malt character. Quite dry. Mild bitterness. Good hop flavor. Gets a touch watery. Relatively crisp. Very refreshing and easy to drink. Nice hoppy finish, grapefruit and pine hops. Light mouthfeel. Some hop oiliness. Normal carbonation.

Tried on tap at the brewpub and from a growler. Pours a pale yellowy gold orange color. Medium white head. The liquid is a bit hazy. Some nice lacing and good retention. The aroma is relatively subtle. Honeydew melon is definitely there, but it’s not a strong odor, which makes it seem natural, rather than the artificial melon in air fresheners and whatnot. Some peach, raspberry, blueberry, mild tangerine, mild mango. A little bit more of the simple malt sweetness comes out than in most CM hoppy beers - just doesn’t quite have the normal hop juiciness to cover it up. More melon in the taste with some mild pineapple and grapefruit. There’s a berry bitterness, like raspberry seeds or something - that sounds silly. Some honey-ish malt sweetness but the beer finishes dry enough. Mild bitterness. Sort of a grassy, bitter melon finish. Mouthfeel is light with normal carbonation. No booze. Easy to drink. Interesting stuff. The melon is kinda odd. It’s almost a vegetal-leaning melon flavor, like the flesh near the skin of a melon. I appreciate being able to try a new and different hop varietal, but this one probably won’t grab people.

Pours a pale yellow with just a little orange to it. It’s very cloudy. Just a mass of solid color. Big white head, lots of lacing. Fine foam. Smells of sweet hop flavors. Honeysuckle, sweet tangerines, sweet pineapple, sweet pine. Maybe a touch of wheat spice but I’m probably imagining it. Candied lemon peel. Some lime is coming out as it warms. It’s quite dry. More lime on the palate. Good hop flavor otherwise. Light bitterness. Clean. A little bit of wheat spice but this is squarely within Cellarmaker’s normal range. Little to no malt sweetness. Light feel. Effervescent. Solid light, mild, hoppy beer. I like Daphne a bit more but this is a fine replacement, if that’s the intention. It’s easy to drink and quite refreshing.

Pours a medium orangey amber color. It’s rather cloudy. Smallish off-white head, which fades to not much after a minute. Little lacing. Aroma is hoppy with some rye spice thrown into the mix. The hops are bright citrus and tropical fruits but fairly subdued. I was kinda expecting it to be all hopped up and juicy, but it’s more of a delicate beer, which I guess shouldn’t be surprising as a 3.8% abv bitter. The rye plays nicely with the hops and mostly sits in the background. Some gentle caramel and biscuity malt. The taste is similar. It’s hop forward and tastes quite fresh but still rather subdued. Nice but mild malt flavor. Some more spice, some gentle sweetness, though it’s a fairly dry beer, really. Very easy to drink. Moderate hop bitterness, which doesn’t get in the way of the flavor in the least. Relatively low carbonation. Gentle feel, a bit washed out. It’s hard for me to judge bitters, even Americanized ones. I do like the beer. It’s just a bit simple, and the complexity of the listed hops doesn’t really come out for me.