End Of The World
Cranker's Brewery

 

 

 

 

 

22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, best before 7/4/2016. Pours slightly hazy bright orange color with a 1 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big mango, melon, apricot, peach, pineapple, papaya, passion fruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, honey, caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of juicy citrus/tropical hops and moderate dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big mango, melon, apricot, peach, pineapple, papaya, passion fruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, honey, caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine/herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of mango, melon, apricot, peach, pineapple, papaya, passion fruit, tangerine, lemon/orange peel, pine, caramel, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero astringent hop flavors after the finish. Light dryness from bitterness that increases through the glass. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent DIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.