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Firestone Walker Brewing Co.

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Can shared by MrBarleywine, thanks for the opportunity!
Almost brilliant light gold color with a rocky white head that persists. Old school citrus and pine with light bread and a hint of toast to counter. Very nice.

Clear amber brew with modest foam in the narrow Kölsch glass. Aromatic with pineapple, papaya, and straw. Quite spritzy on the tongue with a sharp edge. Fruity and tangy. Flavors of ripe honeydew, apricot, and mango. A perfumey finish. Not overly bitter. This is quite a tasty fruit bomb sort of IPA. From the 16 oz can purchased at the beer store.

Can pour and on tap at the FW beer fest - clear pale gold straw color with white head leaving scattered frosty lacing. Nose is citrusy with grassy floral notes and mild malt background. Taste follows more or less with mild bitterness lingering on a slightly dryish finish.

16oz can pours out clear and clean straw-gold with a fluffy white head; without researching this one beforehand, the Mosaic vibes hit on the nose and palate without even looking for them...clean, dank, fruity hops from start to finish, minor resin and old-school vibes (especially at first on the nose) and some tropical fruit as well, but the Mosaic seems to be the star...very clean mouthfeel with low bitterness, crushable, in that new-school West Coast family of IPA's.

 

 

Can poured into a Firestone Walker Brewing Co pint glass

A: Pours crystal clear golden yellow with a frothy off white head that settles to a thin layer and leaves a little light lacing.

S: Citrus zest, a bit grassy, pine, floral notes, light herbal tones, soft underlying tropical and stone fruit, and slightly grainy crackery biscuity malt.

T: Lively citrus, ripe grapefruit, lemon, and a hint of tangerine, floral, grassy, a little pine, subtle underlying tropical and stone fruit that slowly comes out to play, pineapple, mango, peach, apricot, passion fruit, and super faint blueberry, slightly grainy crackery biscuity malt, and a clean dry finish.

M: A touch on the lighter side of medium body, moderate carbonation.

O: I'm a big fan of Alvarado Street and Mai Tai PA, so it's cool to see FW reach out to them and build this collab on their flagship. Alvarado Street has done enough different riffs on that beer already that I'm sure it wasn't easy to find a new twist to put on it, but throwing that many different forms of Mosaic hops at it, plus a touch of Cascade is a cool fun approach that still maintains the beautiful simplicity of the original. It's pretty much exactly the beer you'd want on a warm day in the sun to cleanse your palate between all the crazy stuff you can imagine that they bring in for the Invitational.