Celestial Altar
Burial Beer Co.

 

 

 

 

A: Pours an extremely milky murky pale yellow in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate pale orange + pale golden yellow + peach + apricot colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense sudsy creamy foamy white head that slowly reduces to a couple of small to medium sized patches of medium thick film surrounded by a large patch of very thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate to significant amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of juicy citrus/grapefruit + tropical/melon + tropical/mango + citrus/lemon zest + citrus/lime peel + herbal hops over the top of moderate aromas of biscuit + pale + spicy rye + oat + wheat malts with a light amount of grainy sweetness.

T: Upfront there are moderate flavors of biscuit + pale + spicy rye + oat + wheat malts with a light amount of grainy sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of juicy citrus/grapefruit + tropical/melon + tropical/mango + citrus/lemon zest + citrus/lime peel + herbal hops which impart a light amount of bitterness that lingers slightly leaving some residual herbal + citrus zest hop flavors.

M: Light to medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Initially slightly crisp with a light to moderate amount of soft/fluffiness mid-body with a light amount of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a pleasantly soft/fluffy mouthfeel with a light amount of bitterness. Enjoyable with a slightly different hop profile than a lot of other NEIPAs with the citrus zest/peel and herbal hops flavors + aromas.

2020 version.

Appearance: Pours a liberally cloudy, dingy Tuscan yellow body with an inch of frothed, white foam.

Smell: Wafting citrus and tropical fruit juices with a big pop of bitterish, oily lemon and tangerine supported by lighter hints of herbs, yardmelon and vagueberries.

Taste: Creamy, silky schtew of rustic, raw grains - it opens rather dry beyond just a tiny hint of upfront sweetness. Spicy elements lead to tangy-tart-acidic citruses, peppery greens and sweetish, summertime melon juice. Moderate bitterness which steadily rolls into the spicy, earthy qualities and remains through the smooth finish, though there is a final kick of citric fruitiness.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Cushiony mouthfeel.

Overall: Solid, good and appreciated. It skirts some of my prime hazy-thing gripes: it eschews grain rawness akin to unpalatable uncooked flour paste, it maintained a levity in its acidity and carbonation to counteract any perceived gloopiness and while we couldn't toss Citra, it wasn't the so, sooo tired combination of merely Mosaic-Citra, adding in Cashmere and Galaxy.

 

Canned 8/13/20; drank 8/20/20 @ the Yarchives.

Opaque dull orange/yellow appearance.

A rough pour yielded a nice white head; decent lace.

Grapefruit, cane sugar & dry grass notes in the nose.

Medium mouthfeel.

Grapefruit & table sugar flavors; dry grass notes on the finish.

Not among Burial's best, but this is mildly above average. Not bad.

 

Delicious, drinkable, little TOO murky for optimum delight, buuuut still hella dank and delish. Def try any ~7% Burial IPA.