Rainier Odyssey
River's Edge Brewing Co

16 ounce prowler into pint glass, filled on 2/10/2019. Pours slightly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, melon, red apple, licorice, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, biscuit, light nutty/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, melon, red apple, licorice, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, biscuit, light nutty/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, melon, red apple, licorice, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, fairly crisp, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 5.6%. Overall this is a delicious SMaSH American pale ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful for the ABV, and not aggressive. Very unique hop profile from Mt. Rainier. Very vibrant citrus/fruity/earthy hop complexity; with a great clean pale malt backbone. Mild residual sweetness with crisp lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example.