Carminia
Birrificio Artigianale Karma

 

 

11.15 ounce bottle into tulip glass, best before 5/2017. Pours hazy/cloudy dark orange/copper color with a 2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with good retention that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice aromas with good complexity and balance of citrus/pine hops, moderate dark/bready malt, and fruity yeast notes; with good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine/grassy/citrus peel bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, lemon/orange peel, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, moderate dark/bready malt, and fruity yeast flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light dryness from bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 6%. Overall this is a very nice English IPA. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, moderate dark/bready malt, and fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the balanced hop/malt flavors and bitterness. Fairly juicy feeling, and not too malty. A very enjoyable offering.