Codebreaker
The Dayton Beer Company

I had this beer on tap at the Wheat Penny Oven in Dayton, OH. It was a tasty Hazy DIPA with some nice aromatics and the appearance you'd expect for the style. Flavor was good, but a bit sweet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 10/24/2016. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy medium orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, honey, light caramel, toasted biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with great balance and complexity of juicy citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate bready malt sweetness; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, honey, light caramel, toasted biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine/citrus rind/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, melon, lemon/orange rind, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate bready malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, moderately sticky/resinous, and creamy/bready balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice DIPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate bready malt sweetness; very smooth and easy to drink for the big ABV. A very enjoyable offering.

Heavier on the Malt