Slushy XL - Super Lemon Haze
450 North Brewing Company

Poured into a clear glass liter mug to empty a pint can, the visual is good and bad. The good: there was no frothy stark white foam that almost uncontrollably sought to escape the vessel. But, there's virtually no head at all. What there is, murky orange-amber in color, is an unattractive mess. By smoothie style, as proclaimed on the label, there must be some unlisted lactose within. Whatever, it's unattractive. The smell punches the nose with the reality that this has milk sugars as ingredients. It seems irresponsible to include lactose in a beer and not put it on the label. There are vegans and lactose intolerant beer lovers that should be forewarned. A "smoothie" doesn't automatically pronounce a dairy inclusion. Back to the smell, it's unappealing. There's a milkshake beer sweetness first, with any lemon character far in the background. This is such a disappointment to drink. The label also advertised there was "large amounts of fruit in this beer". If there is, there's even more larger (sic, understood) amounts of milk solids. Overall, this is unpleasant to look at, unpleasant to smell, has very little lemon bite, nor cleanly citrus-like crispness. There was no glass lacing, but after the stickiness of the lactose left, a mild lemon bite was noticed. Unless you want a beer that tastes like lemon flavored ice cream, not a very popular style, avoid this mess.

Well, here we are: pretty much a Minute Maid beverage that will get you faded. No, honestly… there is nothing abstract about this beer at all. Van Gogh did not brew it, and it doesn’t taste revolutionary like Plato sending out a Tweet. It is straight up lemonade that you drank as a kid with booze in it.

Wow. Life is wild… And here Raul is.

This smells like citrus cleaning supplies and has a touch of cleaning solvent in the finish