Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Enjoyed on tap at Bale Breaker, Seattle. Can't believe this is my first visit to a Bale Breaker taproom after all these years. Smooth hazy here, pale golden appearance, grassy hop nose. Nice blend of citrus rind and grassy hop character. Moderate bitter finish. Refreshing. Solid hazy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16 oz from a case bought at work. Aroma has notes of peaches, tangerine, bready malt. Pours hazy golden with a one finger cream white head with great retention. Taste is lightly bitter with juicy citrus flavors.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16oz can from Boise Co-op. Clear golden pour with a tight, creamy head. Grassy, hoppy aroma, mellow. Taste also focused on the hops, presented here softly, allowing you to revel on the fresh hop flavors. Grassy, earthy, green.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Growler fill from Hop and Hound, filled at Fresh Hop fest, year 7. Love that this classic fresh hop brew is still going strong all these years later. As good as any of the others. Clean and clear golden pour. Tons of resinous hops with both a classic bitter, and tropical juicy feel at the same time. Caramel malts lay constant on the palate, keeping this balanced. Finishes on the smooth end. Excellent fresh hop.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Homestead Meridian. Lightly hazy pale light golden with a thin white head. Light pale husky papery malts, and a faint fresh tropical citrus hop character. Very subtle on all fronts.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12oz can. Clear medium golden pour with a thin wispy white ring funky light pale malt and weird cheesy aroma. Mild basic tartness and perhaps a touch of fruity orange and berry notes. Pretty plain.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
A ripe, tropical Clarity Rarity designed using hop science to maximize punchy aroma. Tastes like a daiquiri with mango, apricot, grapefruit, and coconut aromas.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at the Schweitzer Fall Fest. Pours clear golden with minimal off-white foam. Moderately sour with fruity melon, lemon, citrusy flavors. Tasty.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at the Schweitzer Fall Fest. Pours hazy golden with cream-white foam with good retention. Aroma is leafy green hops, lemon, grapefruit. Taste has a light to moderate pithy bitterness with flavors like the aroma; tastes like a fresh hop ale. Hazy but West Coast in flavor.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16oz can pours out orange topped with a sand head. Nose is great big dank hops pine citrus hops sweet malts. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts big dank hops, very well done big triple IPA.