Slushmallow - Drip
450 North Brewing Company

What if? What if the guy who invented the creamsicle had access to not only orange, but peach, pineapple and passionfruit also? And what if he was a beer fan? If those pieces would have fallen into place, then they would have beaten 450 North to the punch.

Dripping with radiant fruit flavor, Drip's version of Slushmallow opens with a dense, full pulpy pour of heavy cream, matte burnt orange and burnish gold hues while patiently pulling a creamy tarnish froth from it's body underneath. With a strong scent of citrus, cider, stone fruit and vinous character, the luscious ale soon leads to a candied sweet taste of taffy, rollup and poundcake with those sweet cream and fruity tendencies.

As the fruit flavors fully saturate the tastebuds, the middle palate is awash in all-things-fruit punch and their resemblances to orange, apricot and cantaloup. Juicy, creamy and rich, the session is set up like partially set jello laded with vanilla, cream and a hint of cidery alcohol and fruit pectins as the session wanes.

Full bodied, creamy and unapologetically sweet, the playfully cloying ale finishes malty-sweet with cereal, marshmallow and sherbet flavor deep into an aftertaste of fruit skins and light hop bitterness.