SmackDab
Barrier Brewing Company

 

 

Poured into a pilsener glass, the appearance was a chill haze yellow color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head that slid off at a moderate pace. Sticky speckled lace glosses the sides of the glass.
The aroma had some sweet cracker to melon/honeydew sweet hoppiness riding over a nice definite resin/piney sweetness. Some bitterness wants to crackle in for a balance and became bolder as it warmed. Light lemon sweetness.
The flavor matched the aroma fairly on par and seemed to add just a touch of a little bit of hop spice/zesty composure. Nice lager yeasty to semi-zesty and melon-like aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, seemed just a touch under with a very nicely done carbonation felt about it. ABV felt good. Super nice finish with a cracker like/biscuit clean maltiness and a zesty hoppiness.
Good crisp sessionability.
Overall, very nicely done India pale lager that I wouldn't mind having again and see if I could do next to some Jack's Abbey Lagers in a possible blind tasting. This is up there for India pale lager fans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

500ml Bottle poured into a flute.

Look: Golden and hazy with a thick, big bubbled foamy head. The head slowly settles and rings my glass with a few islands of floating bubbles.

Smell: Grassy, earthy hops followed by a crackery malt aroma. Slight scent of lemon drop candy sweetness is there too.

Taste: The flavor has a background sweetness that mellows out the deep, bitter, and floral hop additions. Lemon zest and rind flavor mixed with fresh cut grass and biscuity malts. The sweetness is candy-like, but not overpowering.

Feel: Moderate level of carbonation, fairly light bodied, refreshing.

Overall: Very reminiscent of the hopped up Jack's Abbey lagers. Clean flavors meld together well. Overall an easier drinking version of a high IBU brew. The hop flavors and bitterness are balanced nicely with the crackery lager aspects, and the sweetness mellows everything together.

mid sized bottle

pours clouded orangy amber, large and lasting off white cap

grassy hopped up nose

fruity, citric, grassy,biting hoppy notes on the palate.....bright and flavorful

wel done and well worth a try

 

 

Deep hazy orange with big white head. Aroma of tangerines, cream, light candy, grass, pine. Tastes of citrus, rind, grass, pine, mint, light fruits. Medium bodied with medium carbonation.