Mid-Atlantic Drip
Heist Brewery - NoDa

A: Pours a milky murky medium to dark golden honey in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate bright orange + burnt orange + bright yellow + dark golden yellow colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense sudsy creamy foamy off-white head that slowly reduces to a handful of medium sized patches of thick film surrounded by a large patch of slightly mottled very thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a thick ring at the edges of the glass. Significant amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of earthy + herbal + tropical/mango + citrus/grapefruit + citrus/grapefruit pith hops over the top of light to moderate aromas of biscuit + pale + wheat + oat malts with a light to moderate amount of sugary sweetness.

T: Upfront there are light to moderate flavors of biscuit + pale + wheat + oat malts with a light to moderate amount of sugary sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of earthy + herbal + tropical/mango + citrus/grapefruit + citrus/grapefruit pith hops which impart a light amount of bitterness which fades away almost instantly leaving lingering earthy + herbal hop flavors.

M: Medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Moderate amounts of creamy soft/fluffiness mid-body and a light amount of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol (especially considering the stronger ABV) and a pleasantly creamy soft/fluffy mouthfeel. Enjoyable though the combination of hop flavors just did not completely resonate for me - I wanted a little more juicy tropical/mango to go with the herbal + earthy flavors and aromas.