What Beer Are You Reviewing Now?

From a 16oz can, dated 09/29/23. ‘Click it or ticket.’ Whatever that means. Served in an amazingly thin-walled spiegelau tulip glass.

Pours an opaque muddy-yellow-orange with two fingers of soft, soapy suds. The head holds up for a minute or so, leaving a solid sheet of creamy lacing.

Nose is mildly sweet, cake-like and fruity. Aromas of pineapple and mango… as advertised.

Taste is less sweet and with more pithy bitterness than the nose suggests. Tasting bread dough, grapefruit juice, woody pineapple core and pine resin, and bitter mango skin. There is dankness but the green bitterness cuts right through it.

Feel is bright and juicy, lighter bodied than I’d have expected from a beer ‘featuring pineapple and mango purée’ with ample fine, tingly carbonation.

Overall, very nice! I’m not sure that it can be an improvement over base Green, because Green was already substantially perfect. But, at any rate, they’ve done that thing that TH does so well with their fruited beers of… holding back; not going overboard and smearing purée all over the place. It’s a subtle enhancement, not an overwhelming embarrassment. Whatever. It’s tasty stuff.

It’s fine. Drinkable but no reason to grab another unless it was just sitting there.

a nice expression of sabro, and obviously a fresh hopped beer, but to me its almost more of a pale overall than an ipa, mild in every way, and not quite underflavored but a little underwhelming on the whole, not as bold and pungent as anticipated, understated in a way i didnt expect, i still like it, but it took me a few minutes to sort of settle into it, i think i expected a more robust offering generally speaking, and the softer nature of this caught me off guard. unfiltered looking as it should be, on tap which is cool, the first matchless i have seen in idaho, i love these guys so hopefully much more to come, stoked to have them! its got a little brassy color depth to it, not totally pale, but pretty light still and with a sparse three quarter inch head slowly fading back. nose and taste hit with some pine, gin, and stone fruit, less distinctive than anticipated but still easy to appreciate as sabro, light green onion in the nose, more tropical in the flavor and cleaner, very little bitterness and a fresh hop green oily thing going on, but the whole thing seems mild to me. i like the mouthfeel of this, slick a little bit, almost a coconut oil taste and feel in the center, some decent grain support but still dry, and cleanly fermented. simple in the best ways, it lets the hops shine without being one dimensional, but im not sure this is up there with the best wet hop beers in recent memory for me, much as i am stoked to have been able to rip a pint locally here. lots of good going on, but i just want more of it. a little mango, apricot, and coconut to finish before grassy freshness washes it all out. tasty and poundable and good with spicy food!

The pour is straw colored with a fair amount of carbonation. The body is light & the taste is grains, water, & light hops. This was an okay beer but maybe a little too light for my preference although I would recommend this beer for someone who is a little too out of shape. Cheers! C

From a 16oz can dated 09/19 in 2023. Pours a very hazy, opaque pale yellow. Lots of dank notes on the nose and palate. Remarkably flavorful pale ale at 5.2% abv. One of the best I’ve had from Fidens. Excellent!

The pour is straw colored with a good amount of carbonation. The taste is refreshing, grains, water, along with a light hop presence. This is a good beer to unwind with after a long day, but I don't think that I've tried the regular Michelob full flavor beer. Cheers! C-

Taster flight a tBavarian Inn. Hazy golden pour, ring of head, streaky lacing. Dry, grainy aroma. Taste is grainy, bready, sweet, and mildly dry. Crisp finish.

Taster at Bavarian Inn. Hazy golden pour, skin of head. Light citrusy aroma, zesty. Taste is citrusy, fruity, soft bitterness. Very mild and easy to drink.

Taster at Bavarian Inn. Copper pour with silky white head. Faint malty aroma. Taste is caramel, sweet, dry, with a mild bitterness. Sticky, mouth coating.

Taster at Bavarian Resort. Golden pour, light haze, skin of head. Light malty aroma. Taste is malty, sweet, caramel, drying out towards the finish with a kiss of hops.

unique sour here, absolutely packed with fruit and a truly electric and sexy pink color makes it stand out, not the kind of thing i envision when i think about foam, but this is rock solid, contemporary, and very tasty. a deep past flamingo shade of pink, almost purple, heavy color saturation and very little head from the tap, light haziness and some density to it, but not at all sloppy or unrefined looking. this is done with blackberries and lemon, a cool combination, but its a weird complexion from the blackberry, not weird, but not conventional either, sweet and tangy both, sort of candied to me, like if this is whole fruit its a little curious, but the lemon is as strong as the berry in aroma and flavor too, lots of acid making it pop and countering the residual sugar, but this still hits with a bit of a kool aid vibe, not a gimmick or anything cheap to me, just perhaps at a dosage thats turned way way way up. the souring is clean on this, but significant, couldnt probably drink four of these, but one is fun for sure. the lemon lingers, it has a lot of body for what it is, surprised this isnt more alcoholic, kind of feels on the palate like it should be or is. it stays with me a minute, real piquant but also pretty clean, no brett or funk or wood or anything apparent. neat mineral profile, almost a salted vibe, earthy through the fruit. flavorful, maybe too bold for a food beer, but the flavors work well together, this is very distinctive overall, and i think it could easily turn into a series for them, raspberry and lime, mango and orange, that sort of thing. decidedly new school, but not packed with lactose and other junk, real good for what it is.

Taster at Armani. Dark amber pour, filmy head. Roasty aroma, burnt toast. Taste is roasty, nutty, bitter, burnt. A bit on the harsh side for a 4% beer.

Taster at Armani. Clear, pale golden pour, flat. Barely there bready, malty aroma. Taste is sweet and bready, with a silky feel, then a light bitter finish.

Taster at brewery. Hazy yellow pour, wispy head. Light citrusy aroma, grapefruit peel, zesty. Taste is grapefruit, citrus, pithy, light, dry. Could use a touch more juice.

Crowler from brewery. Hazy dark pour, small foamy head. Aroma is malty, mild sweetness, fruity. Taste is sweet malts with a light, fruity hoppiness. Full.

always an absolute treat to drink beer from these guys, something i look for every single time i am in vermont, and i was delighted to find this one, a mixed culture table type saison done with sumac, a cool ingredient to feature, uncommon to say the least. pretty pour, just a faint redness to it perhaps from the sumac, but rather unassuming looking aside from the gorgeous bottle conditioned head, two inches high, airy and pure white, lace in its wake. there is a tiny bit of micro sediment on the bottom here, but we rouse it and pour it right into the rest of it. the nose here is awesome, some almost medicinal tang from the sumac, floral notes, red berries, currants, red kool aid powder, some really hearty organic seeming wheat underneath, and a familiar mix of bretty funk and young bacterial twang, not super sour to my senses, some neutralizing oak, a vinous note, really dry to me too. the flavor is all of this, the sumac is subtle at first but as my palate gets used to the rest of the beer this element comes out more, expands with temperature too. its bright and tangy at the same time, pie cherry, cranberry, and not quite raspberry notes to the sumac, i keep wanting it to be more robust but then each sip its the subtleties of it that fire me up, this is really evolved and the sumac is incredibly well integrated. the grain base of this also needs mentioned, its not just commodity pale wheat, its something distinctive to me, could be mash technique bringing out its best but its probably both, and the dry but substantial core of this really stands out, its foundational to why the rest of this works so well, even if its hard to define explicitly. epic carbonation, nice mature yeasty funk to this, rustic in that way, and tangy from bacteria and sumac together without being too acidic to drink. truly fantastic stuff once again from wunderkammer, i wish i had better access to their work, some of the more unique and terroir driven beers in happening anywhere right now. this was next level with some funky pickled vegetables and fresh oysters!

Can. Misty gold with a scum like white head.
Orange and mild spice to the nose.
Taste as per smell with grain like qualities including a light bitter flavour.
Light and refreshing feel.
A new style to me and one I'm not sure of.

Very well done version here.

Rich and deep...bold and substantial...

Malts dominate as expected with a big bold finish of roastiness....

A local I picked up in FL and glad I did... very tasty offering

I've only previously had their foeder pilsner, and that one was funky for my palate, so I was wary.
Wow, this delivers the flavors, and without the funk. A really balanced take on the style, with excellent lightly toasted malt character kept perfectly in check to yield only the slightest sweet bready character. Finish is crisp and clean.

This was a nice surprise to find on tap in Central Ohio. Fresh and snappy, with an inviting taste of tropical and citrus blends, will fit the bill for anyone looking for that west coast IPA.

16 oz can into a shaker pint glass.
L: Pours hazed apricot gold with a thin eggshell white head, dense steady carbonation bubbles, head gains momentum and becomes frothy, random thick snowstorm lacing, broken sheeting, light banding rings.
S: Light fruits, caramel malts, citrus, fairly exotic, a hint of alcohol with warming.
T: Lightly sharp citrus, zest, melon, rind, slightly herbal, grassy & a bit vinous, lightly sweet, gently rich and hop-forward. Has an extremely long linger and is slightly tart in the finish. There's a hint of alcohol with warming.
F: Gently soft, lightly pulpy medium-heavy body with a very long, crunchy, dry finish. Softness advances with warming.
O: A fairly intense tasting and easy drinking American TIPA. It is saturating. Large melon rind and citrus zest notes. Hard fruit. Fantastic blends of tastes, gorgeous look and behavior, super feel. It is outstanding in its style.

Vintage 2022 per the bottom of the can.

This is like a base model beer. I think it would really be something if there were a few more options. Maybe some barrel aging? I just didn't get much character, certainly nothing like you'd expect from a big stout.

this is definitely outside of the norm for these guys, who i know for epic ipa types and really special dark stuff, but here we have a glorious gose, a totally new side of this incredible brewery to me, and im here for it! a splendid pink color of medium saturation from the tap and a short but airy white head and persistent carbonation is visible even after the head dies back, real pretty color. the aroma is tangy but not as astringent and medicinal and sharp as elderberry can sometimes be, yet it still captures the essence of this enigmatic fruit, red wine grapey, black currant tart, a little jammy, and with just a bit of wheat malt coming through the fruit and the clean acidity. the flavor is mouthwatering too, the lactic pucker here is tidy but pronounced, and i think that draws out a lot of character from the elderberries, a good recipe decision, some lemon character in it, and with the salt, i think a great way to highlight the fruit, although the salt element is relatively mild for the style. it makes sense for this to be as dry as it is, super fast and refreshing for a sour, gone on the swallow, and the minimal nature of the rest of this and its quickness allow this distinctive fruit to really come through authentically. it has an almost gritty tannic presence, tons of mineral character from the salt, and its distinctive on the ferment despite being so polished. really expert execution here in a style i did not expect from lawsons. i think elderberry lends itself well to a gose, and they nailed this. quite sour, but still real drinkable too. lovely beer.

cool to get to drink some new ones from lawsons lately, i know their beer rules, but i have not been aware of much new stuff recently, so this was a fun one to find on tap. an apparently unfiltered ipa, easy drinking as they go, definitely not a big starchy hazy, and with only middle of the road bitterness but a great hop profile, real fresh, and for how seemingly simple this is, it is a good reminder of why lawsons is one of the best, this is so refined and intentional, these guys can make ipa that stands out without them all being enormous, forced, and intense, this is a drinker and i like it a lot. clean citrus on the nose, meyer lemon and pink grapefruit, with light spruce or juniper herbal character, a whisper or lemon verbena and white tea, and some oily dankness on top of a pale cereal grain base thats well out of the way but not irrelevant in the least, some wheat likely, good mineral profile too, and a light nutty vibe overall, nice balance and again, super fresh. the flavor has a little white grape thing up front, uniquely fruity but also kind of soft spoken, like its about to crank up but never really does, still robustly hoppy, but i think restrained compared to what is trendy right now, and i like the bitterness thats here starting a little early, it keeps this crisp and snappy the whole way. there is a juiciness to it, but it also has a woodsy pine vibe, and overall i think dips a toe in a few different hop ranges, all while being real cohesive. i like the grain support, i like the dryness, and overall this was an easy and enjoyable pint. love to see the innovation from lawsons!

A fun one to try, didn't quite hit the spot for me but interesting overall. Pitch-black pour from a 12oz bottle leaves almost no head lacing as it fizzles away. Following the strong roasted malt character, dark chocolate and orange dominate the nose, and not always harmoniously. More of the same on the palate, zesty and zippy with lots of porter characteristics, roasty and dark fruity, blending with dark chocolate and citrus zest, slightly oily. Medium bodied, with a viscous mouthfeel.

L:
-pours a slightly hazy deep golden with a small-to-medium,frothy,white head
-medium carbonation visible
S:
-spicy,orange zest
T:
-spicy,orange zest,mineral,honey
-medium-to-high bitterniss
F:
-medium carbonation
-light-to-medium body
O:
A bit too clean and too much of a one-note Lager.I expected more Vienna malt influence.
It has a nice Hoppy Backbone though.

500 ml bottle, from Nærbutikken, Åkrafjordtunet. ABV is 4.7%. Very pale golden colour, large white head. Pleasant aroma of herbal and floral hops. Crisp and dry flavour, decent herbal hops, bitter aftertaste.

L:
-pours a clear pale golden with a medium,foamy,white head
-medium carbonation visible
S:
-soapy,lychee,tangerines,green tea,lime
T:
-metallic,spicy,green apple
F:
-medium carbonation
-light body
O:
Pleasant on the Nose,disappointing on the Tongue.

I haven't seen a fresh-hop ale from GT...maybe ever? 12oz can poured into a snifter. Pours darker than expected but not full-on copper, more dark gold, with a massive and fluffy white head. Balanced nose of bready malts and fresh, zesty lemon and grass, minor pine notes, smooth and creamy.

16oz can pours that typical hazy orange/gold with an off-white cap. Strong impressions of Citra and Strata with a smooth note of Mosaic...lots of fruitiness, citrus, peach, stone fruit, with a snappy finish and minor bitterness. Good stuff.

16oz can that knocked my socks off, seriously good execution here; beautiful hazy orange with a tight head of white bubbles. Zesty and floral aromatics that run the gamut instead of showcasing only one aspect...stone fruit, pine, pith, flowers and grass, lemony, bready, soft, creamy. "Full" aromatics and palate. Delicious.

I found this one in Phuket Thailand. The taste is incredible as far as my expectations of finding a brew of this style in Asia. The smell is of white, grape fruit, orange, rinds, and pineapple. The taste is a pineapple, lychee, orange, rinds, mangoes, grapefruit, and roses. Excellent brew! Drinking in Phuket Thailand, October 5, 2023.

16 oz can. Pours amber with tall, long-lasting, fluffy white head and lively carbonation. Aroma is of grassy hops and bready malt. Body is full and crisp. Grassy, herbal hops supported on the palate by bready malt. Finish is long and dry. Outstanding brew.

Cran Orange Wheat – from Great Lakes Brewery. Six-pack of 12 oz cans. On room temperature shelf at Franklin Beer, Franklin, PA. Acquired 22/09/23, $ 11.00 (Including tax), $ 0.153/fl oz. Reviewed 04/10/23 (Review 3164). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Bottom of can stamped “03/03/24”. Stored at 34 degrees at home. Served at 48.0 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 52.7 degrees F.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Pinkish Gold (SRM 3), clear.
Body – Deep Gold (SRM 6), chill haze. Under direct light, same. When rear-lite, same, and slight haze.
Head: Average (Maximum 3.8 cm, aggressive center pour), white with a pinkish tint, meringue-like. Slowly reduces, leaving a 2.5 mm crown and a thin, partial cap.
Lacing – Poor. A few three-dimensional streaks hang of the glass.
Aroma – 3.5 – An odd combination of cranberry and orange, with the orange being mostly hidden. No malt, no hops, no yeast. No ethanol (5.5 % ABV according to the label).
Flavor – 3.5 – Essentially following the nose and slightly fruity. No malt, no distinct hops, no yeast. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Ends slightly tart with no gastric warming.
Palate – 3.5 – Medium; watery; average carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3.5 Interesting amalgam of flavors, managing to taste like neither. Haziness is OK for a wheat beer. With a lighter body, it would be refreshing. Still, I’m OK with drinking the rest of the six-pack.

Good session IPA. Nothing outstanding but manages to produce enough NEIPA aspects in a 4.9% .abv beer to warrant having several of them on a hot day or in a session with friends. Poured from a 16 oz. can into a pint glass, this beer features the typical NEIPA hazy straw yellow color and a medium sized foamy white head. Head retention is good and there are some thin bands of lacing on the glass. Aroma and flavor are citrusy, mostly grapefruit with a little tropical fruit presence. Mouthfeel is a bit thin but still crisp and refreshing. Bitterness level is fairly low but still noticeable. eminently "crushable".

30L Draft poured 325ml glass, looks clear golden amber with good head, head remains with lacing, smell of hops & grain, taste crisp & very refreshing, feel medium to slightly lighter with a good carbonation level, overall very good especially with local cuisine & reminds of the original brewer.

Can poured into a Mountain Rambler Brewery pint glass

A: Pours hazy golden yellow with a frothy off white head that settles to a light layer and leaves some spotty lacing.

S: Ripe tropical and stone fruit, classic Nelson notes poke through, some citrus, spicy resinous and grassy notes, a bit floral, biscuity malt, and caramel sweetness.

T: Tropical and stone fruit, mango, guava, white peach, gooseberry, pineapple, passion fruit, white grape, and hints of melon, citrus, orange and lime, floral notes, a touch resinous and grassy, biscuity malt, and caramel sweetness.

M: Medium body, moderate carbonation, super soft on the palate.

O: Tropical and stone fruit initially take the lead, but the Nelson hops make their presence known more as it warms. While it does sit a touch on the sweet side it's still a very smooth NE style DIPA.

Poured from can into tulip, good 2+ finger fluffy white head, great retention and lacing. Pale hazy golden in the class, no floaties. Citrus and Pineapple on the nose. Fresh pineapple is the first thing that hits me, followed up by citrus. Malt bill is somewhat simplistic, but it makes for an easy drinker. This isn't really a beer to write home about, but the low abv and flavor profile make it nice to drink and easy on the palate. Might have to come back around to this one as my sinus are not in a good place now

500 mL bottle from the LCBO; best before 01/11/2024 and served slightly chilled.

Pours a crystal clear, pale straw-yellow colour, producing one finger of foamy, frothy white head that persists for a couple minutes before being whittled down to a bubbly cap and collar of resilient suds. An arching pattern of sticky lace clings to the glass - a beautiful glass of beer. Grainy, cereal-like sweetness on the nose, with hints of bready, biscuity malts and honey, with just a whiff of spicy, herbal hops.

Robust pale malt flavours remain dominant throughout the sip - bready, biscuity & grainy, with a hint of doughy, honeyed sweetness. Subtle notes of grassy, spicy hops on the back end, with a touch of floral bitterness preceding a slightly malty aftertaste that doesn't linger. Light-medium body, with assertive, frothy carbonation that contributes to this lager's smooth and satisfying mouthfeel. Effortlessly easy to gulp back - buy two just to be sure.

Final Grade: 3.84, a B+. Wildbräu Helles is a darn good German lager that I am thrilled to see available in my neck of the woods, however temporarily that may be. This showed up locally alongside their Grandauer Festbier, which I'd say is the better of the two lagers - not that this is a competition or anything. Besides, the Helles is still a great German lager: I just wouldn't necessarily call it a superlative helles. Well worth trying, especially here in Ontario where supplies are presumably available for a limited time - lager lovers in this province should seek it out while they can.

Bad print on the month on the canned on date... 08/31/23 (Since there aren't 31 days in Sept)

Appearance - Pours hazy and a light, faded orange color with a frothy, one finger width head that dissipates in fair time, leaving a thin broken layer of suds over the surface, thickening up around the edges to form a decent ring. A few small patches and some spots make up a minimal lacing.

Smell - Ripe, pungent citrus, mostly orange, lesser pineapple, with traces of mango and peach.

Taste - Follows the nose. Ripe orange and pineapple, maybe some grapefruit pith in there, then a touch of mango and peach. Definitely some peppery spice as it nears the finish. Aftertaste lingers in balance, with most of the aforementioned flavors, but orange and mild peppery spice lingers the longest.

Mouthfeel - Medium-bodied, fair carbonation, and stays silky consistent through to a smooth finish.

Overall - This one hits on many levels. Great flavor and progression of flavor, wonderful texture and smooth finish, and a balanced aftertaste. If this is the Jr beer, I'm all in for trying the beer that inspired it. I'm a huge advocate of Portland tap water.

355 mL can from a six pack purchased at Superstore; dated 04/12/2023 and served slightly chilled.

Pours foggy and effervescent, its pale yellow body capped with less than a finger of soapy white head; this disappears within ninety seconds or so, swiftly worn down to a frothy collar and sudsy cap. A few patches of messy lace are also scattered about in its wake - looks fine so far. It smells of white bread and grainy pale malts, with extremely faint suggestions of grassiness and citrus zest.

It's a serviceable pale lager - calling this 'hoppy' would be a real stretch, but compared to say, Molson Canadian or even Moosehead, it does have discernible hop flavours. I'm getting grainy pale malts, white bread and cereal sweetness initially, joined later on by hints of grassy, spicy hops. Very low bitterness, with a grainy, truncated aftertaste that quickly goes dry. Light in body, with moderate carbonation that feels crisp on the tongue, resulting in a crisp mouthfeel that goes down smooth. Great drinkability - I could knock back six of these on a Saturday night, in theory... not sure I'd actually be inclined to.

Final Grade: 3.53, a B grade. Northern Superior's is a decent regional craft lager, but it's certainly not a memorable one. I will give it credit for having a clean and completely inoffensive flavour profile, but in a sea of similar American pale lagers, that really doesn't help it stand out. The format is also a minor nuisance: singles/tallboys are always preferred, but this is a personal gripe that doesn't affect my opinion of the beer itself. I would take this over most any macro lager, but outside that scenario I'd consider this interchangeable with much of its Ontario craft lager competition.

Hey jackson_r35 I hate to break it to you but you are a pussy. Can't wait until you are over and finished with you since you can't handle PBR Blue Ribbon Light you fucking loser.

PS 10 MG gets me trashed

Poured a copper color into a Boulevard pint glass. It didn't have a head to speak of, but what was there sounded fizzy.
The flavor is sweet with notes more evocative of a barleywine than a dopplebock. It has a smooth finish, and perhaps it is more of a barrel-aged lager, as the label says, than a dopplebock. But I like for its barleywine style flavor.

16oz can from Brewers Haven. Cloudy golden pour,thin creamy white head. Fruity, hoppy aroma, citrus. Taste brings light astringent notes, sticky pine, resin, floral. Damn I love Sabro!

Pours a clear amber with abundant foam in the big Karmeliet goblet. Aroma of tangerine and lemon peel. Tangy and candy-like sensation at the start followed by a resiny and piney taste. Flavors of peach, mango, and the rest of the fruit salad along with a moderately acidic finish. This is massively fruity, but still has that distinct and inescapable bitter finish you expect from Pizza Port. It's just so clean and drinkable even with all the hops. From the 16 oz can purchased in the far Northwest. Dated 09/05/23, a month ago.

Undated can; drank 9/29/30 @ Pokemon Communion.

Cloudy yellow/orange appearance.

Nice off-white head; strong, frothy lacing remained.

Tart corn notes in the nose; is this wild?

Medium thin mouthfeel.

Corn & some wild / tart notes on the finish.

Odd but not undrinkable; I just don't see seeking this out ever again.

Released June 2023; drank 9/30/23 @ Pokemon Communion.

Opaque dark orange/brown appearance.

Huge khaki head; frothy lacing remained.

Autumn leaves, faint brown sugar & spring water notes in the nose.

Medium mouthfeel.

Autumn leaves, mild brown sugar & faint strawberry flavors.

An autumn beauty.

12 oz can acclimated to 50°F and poured into a nonic pint glass.

Pours a brown so dark it appears black, with gold highlights and fine tan sediment. Produces a 2.5 finger foamy khaki head, persiting long and a film of lacing that gives way to a ring and clumps.

Initial aroma is very strongly that of peanut butter, smelling strong but light somehow. Additionally very strong is milk chocolate, smelling like any number of peanut butter chocolate candies due to the strength of the peanut butter and chocolate smell melding with a thick sweetness emitted by this brew. A coffee note is present, as is milk. After agitating I notice the coffee amplifies, and the specific smell I get is Reese's puffs cereal. Initial taste before swallowing is again Reese's puffs, the specific peanut butter powdery flavor is just very similar. I get sweetness, and a bitterness like cocoa or coffee. Unfortunately, given that taste, I found it difficult to notice any other nuances. It did also occupy the majority of the aftertaste, sitting in the back of the mouth and tongue.

After swallowing I'm met with more of that cocoa or coffee bitterness, as well as the corresponding tastes. Unfortunately, afterwards there develops something of a poison like bitterness, some type of cyanide taste that says "you shouldn't have eaten that." The kind of dry and astringent bitterness that is just unpleasant to the western palate, although tasting more it seems it's perhaps an intense coffee bitterness?

Mouthfeel is smooth but seems a little lacking in body? Not at all bad but I found myself slightly surprised. I can say with certainty that it glides down the gullet with ease, feeling slightly heavier than it should.

Overall I found it great to look at, and I was really wowed by the smell. There are some really great tastes in there but I find that it's hard to notice them when I'm overwhelmed by that poison taste. I've tasted it and other similar tastes before and I'm not sure if it's my tastebuds or what, but it's disappointing. I obviously don't think it's an intended taste so I think it must be me, but that leaves me with the question, how do I factor it into my scoring? I only subtracted 0.25 because I figure if it doesn't work with me then that's legitimate, but I don't want at all to take out my frustration on the score that reflects something that people worked hard on.

Won't likely buy again, but it's absolutely possible I'll buy again to see if it's an off batch, or my tastes change. I will definitely buy even more Jesus, however.

The label confesses there's wheat in the wort. The pour that emptied a pint can's contents into a clear glass liter mug proves it. There's massive stark white foam that seems to be only resultant from an IPA when there's that much wheat. That's never a good thing for an IPA. Wheat certainly has its place in certain indulgences, like pizza dough, bread and even some beers. It doesn't belong in a traditional IPA. It almost always impacts that particular style negatively. So now, the massive stark white foam has receded, in fairness, more attractively than most. Just like the typical modern American hazy IPA, this is dull dirty blond, rather than copper-amber and it pushes the limit between opaque and murky. Oats and wheat don't make for much of an aroma for beer and this barely has one. The taste is bland, but bland in a good way. A more complimentary description would be mild. The hops are so well muted that there's almost no bite at all. Yet, there's a hop presence. Unfortunately, it would also be hard pressed to define those taste references. Suffice to say, there's just enough to make this taste like an ale. One thing the oats usually do is make a brew smooth and bodied. No exception here, as the mouthfeel is acceptable. But, they can also bring a dry, but sticky feel, let's say chalkiness, that this also does; albeit, not to great demerit. Overall, this is unoffensive (bland) for the lover of ordinary IPAs, but the muddling of wheat and oats makes this less than an attractive option.

Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a transparent, medium golden amber with a two finger white head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of pale malt, lightly citrus and dank hops, light lemon and orange. Flavor is pale and light biscuit malt, citrus and piney hops, a little wheat cracker, lemon, hints of grapefruit and pine; modest piney finish with solid bitterness. Medium bodied with light to moderate creaminess. My first fresh hop this year with no haze, don't know if it's filtered or not, but looks like it. Taste is classic fresh hop, with the citrus and pine expected from Centennial, but somewhat subdued. I liked the crackery malt component as a change from the usual dryer pale malts. A bit of different tasting fresh hop as the season seems to be drawing to a close.