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Heist Brewery - NoDa

Dirty dark orange pour, light head, minimal lacing. Scents of mango and tropical fruits. Slight malty bitterness. Taste is citrusy, tropical fruit, a bit of berry flavor and a mild maltiness. Crisp, clear, slightly dry finish, well disguised alcohol presence. The interesting flavor profile is the best part of this one.

 

A: Pours a murky almost milky bright yellow in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate pale yellow + pale orange + apricot colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense creamy sudsy foamy bright white head that slowly reduces to a large patch of very slightly mottled medium thick film covering the entire surface of the beer and a thick ring at the edges of the glass. Slightly heavier than moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of juicy citrus/grapefruit + tropical/passionfruit + tropical/mango + citrus/orange zest + gooseberry hops over the top of moderate aromas of biscuit + pale + wheat + oat malts with a light to moderate amount of sugary sweetness.

T: Upfront there are just shy of 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 juicy citrus/grapefruit + tropical/passionfruit + tropical/mango + citrus/orange zest + gooseberry hops which impart a minimal amount of bitterness which fades away very quickly leaving moderate lingering passionfruit hop flavors.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly crisp initially with 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 and not too much hop greenness considering it was 4x dry-hopped and a pleasantly creamy soft/fluffy mouthfeel. Enjoyable with lots of tropical + citrus hop flavors and aromas. I am always a sucker for a beer with an Office Space reference so I could not resist grabbing this one from a very good locally available brewery (especially well known for their IPAs).