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Finback Brewery - Glendale

 

 

 

 

 

Pours light colored and thin. Smells of oranges, citrus, sticky sweet candied hops. Taste is sweet tropical hops, very balanced though with mild bitterness. Light, somewhat thin and a bit watery.. almost session-like. Very enjoyable, crushable... cool collaboration from two good breweries.

 

 

 

Traded for this recently, as the can had a date of 6/8 on the bottom of it with "PIZZA!" written above it. Most of Finback's recent offerings have been quite impressive and although this didn't break any new ground, it was really enjoyable and on the level of the Aslin beers that I've been able to try while in line at Other Half...

Nice pour to this as the beer had a melon hue, frothy head, and an aroma full of dank melon and pineapple. Lots of Columbus hops but the Citra couldn't be felt here as I thought that the profile was more reminiscent of Galaxy or Mouteka as I couldn't feel the Citra at all. Dank, dry, and bold, there was so much melon and stone fruit in the taste that I felt like I was actually eating and not imbibing in fermented liquid here. Hop oils, dank pineapple, and citrus pith rounded out the flavor profile here as this was quite deep, but tough to pinpoint at the same time. A fair amount of carbonation and white cheese-like mouthfeel kept this light and dry while allowing the bitter and dank notes to fully shine and linger.

The booze was well-hidden as this went down easily with just a minimal amount of warming at the end.

 

Underrated beer on here at least. Nice balance of vinous fruits, grapefruit pith and hop saturation complimented by a bright carb and smooth crushability. I was hot and cold on Finback before their anniversary releases but they've been slaying it recently and this one stands out. Great collab