Santilli
Night Shift Brewing

 

This beer is delightfully crisp with prominent floral notes and hints of citrus. Its simplicity makes it the perfect whenever beer, and it certainly pairs well with bar food.

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Santilli comes crawling out of the glass with a glowing light gold translucence before building a frothy swath of sea foam. As a tantalizing scent of citrus, tropical fruit and berry tease the nose, so does a suggestive spruce, grassy and herbal perfume. Light sweetness of wafer, honeysuckle and fresh bread brings a malty introduction to the very first sip.

And as the ale flows across the tongue, the middle palate opens up to the hops and all of its white grapefruit, under ripened orange and lemon impressions. White hints of gooseberry, passionfruit and green papaya add to the fruity complement, the ale quickly turns bitter for a late taste of freshly torn pine needles, fresh grass clippings, verbena, lemongrass, green tea and dry hemp.

Medium bodied, creamy and drying, the resinous finish is a welcomed taste for crispness, refreshment and drinkability and with an off-clean peppery resinous character that extends into a spicy aftertaste of citrus peel, herb and pine.

 

 

Pours a somewhat opaque yellow-gold color with a decent head, hops dominate the aroma. Taste is predominantly hop - grapefruit, a bit piney. Definitely not in the NEIPA league which i think is a good thing. Malt backbone balances things out without being too sweet or overbearing. An enjoyable beer and worth trying.

Color is light copper, not clear through. Head was off white color and quickly faded to nice lacing. Nose was citrus and piney. Taste was like nose, citrus and gave off a bit of bitterness. Superb beer.

 

 

 

Cloudy amber appearance with a large, lasting, rocky, white head that left plenty of lacing. Aroma blasted right through without waiting for the head to recede, all hopped up on citrus and resin. Taste delivered on the citrus as grapefruit ruled. Notes of pine were in there as well. Modest amount of melon arrived near the finish. Fairly bitter, medium bodied mouthfeel. Solid offering.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a hazy gold. Big foam. Malty hop aroma. Great from the jump. A lightly sweet lemon hop body. Even malt finish with a little bitterness. Bright and refreshing. Goes down quick. Excellent.

Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a rich golden color with a 1 inch head. Smell is of peaches, mango. Taste is of oranges, light mango, grapefruit, mild bitterness. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a pretty good beer.

 

Pours a clear golden color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has tropical and citrus hints
The taste follows the nose with a tropical and citrus flavor
A medium bodied well carbonated beer
A good IPA

 

 

a: slightly hazy orange and matte burnt yellow color. pours a nice 2 finger rocky & frothy bright white head

s: real nice aroma of apricots, loads of peach, pineapple, tangerines, slight mango, oranges, sweet lemons, and a touch of sugary sweetness and bready maltd

t: nice smooth apricots and tangerines upfront. sweet clementines, sweet lemon candy, sweet pineapple juice and a kiss of peach. a touch of crackers and passionfruit at the end along with some grapefruit that provides both sweetness and a very subtle bitterness on the back sides of the tongue which helps to balance this

m: medium mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. pretty standard for the style

o: classic tasting IPA here. tropical, yet has a sugary sweetness to it. a hint of bitterness for balance. highly drinkable. really nice

Refreshing medium balance with grapefruit notes. It’s ok. Clean and Crisp. Not to bitter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 ounce can poured into a tulip glass. Canned on 12/16/2020.

L---Impenetrable light amber color. Fluffy off-white head had excellent retention and left gorgeous lacing. Some sediment that sank to the bottom of the glass.

S---Hoppy, pine and citrus.

T---Hop bitterness. Some lemon and light pine.

F---Medium bodied with ok carbonation.

O---Wifey would really dislike the bitterness, but that works just fine for me. A really nice beer.

 

 

Pours a hazy gold color, bright with medium carbonation. smooth one finger head that levels out but retains well. Nice lacing . It does have swirl of carbonation on pour that settles down to nice tracers. Tastes like it smells with more tropical notes and also grapefruit, orange peel, lemon, citrus hops, light piney hops, and floral notes. The hoppy flavors seem dialed down a bit from the aroma, but overall the flavor is still quiet enjoyable

 

 

Night Shift Brewing "Santilli"
on tap @ The Union Tavern, Philadelphia, PA on 26 June 2021

Notes: Slight haze. Golden/amber in color. Creamy bright white head. Excellent head retention and lacing. Soft pine, smooth citrus, lightly grainy and bready malt in the nose. The flavor follows with more citrus than pine, delivering grapefruit and orange. It’s solidly bitter, and spicy, earthy, and piney in the finish. Medium bodied and crisp.