Think Tank
Southern Prohibition Brewing

Think Tank, a SoPro collaboration with all the members of the Mississippi Brewers Guild, was released in early September 2019, but, on advice that it was very green, I did not try until Thanksgiving eve, poured from pint can, stamped on bottom (apparently) canned on “09/06/2019,” into nonic pint.

After 11 1/2 weeks in the refrigerated can, Think Tank pours hazy gold, with good retention, leaving beautiful etched lace all the way down the glass. Aroma is sweet citrus and tropical fruits, and citrus rind bite, with a little dankness as warms. On drinking, melon, light malt, wonderful creamy oat body, and nice citrus rind and tropical hop bite before a very drying finish. Only my head said 10.00 ABV. Are any 4s still around?

 

Canned on 9/6/19

Pours a moderately hazy dirty orange body topped with multiple fingers of dense, slightly off-white foam; great head retention leaves a bubbly collar, minimal cap, and dense layers of chunky lacing caked to the glass.

Aromas are vivid and largely sweet, bursting with notes of angel food cake, maraschino cherries, and booze-soaked pineapple; a dank weedy undertone phases in on the back end, but the overarching sweetness is the star.

Taste presents a more subdued version of the aroma, highlighting pineapple upside-down cake, cherries, and a sweet, herbal hop spice along the mid-palate to the close, where a minor hop bite mixes with a sticky malt/toned- toned finish.

Mouthfeel presents a semi-slick medium-thick body and an understated moderate carbonation; slightly creamy and sticky along the mid-palate leading into a smooth, lighter than expected finish; subtle but well-maintained alcohol presence.

Expressively, unavoidably sweet but confident in its presentation, this is one of the more palatable TIPAs I've come across, if not mostly one-dimensional. Overall, this is a pleasing balance of flavorful, well-maintained, and surprisingly approachable elements harmonizing with relative ease.