Spin Cycle #23
New England Brewing Co.

 

A- 12oz can pours into an 8oz tasting glass with a fairly cloudy body that takes on a pale golden hue. The cap is creamy and bold with a nice thick foamy texture and great retention. Thick blankets of lacing.

S- Bright citrus and stone fruits with notes of mango, passionfruit, orange juice, melon, bubblegum, onion, tangerine and grapefruit. Creamsicle also comes to mind. Pretty much all fresh and bright fruity hops here.

T- The creamsicle thing carries over quite a bit here but sadly it gets a bit powdery even though it doesn't seem to be a huge haze bomb at all, just takes on a slight acrid grassy bitterness. Beyond that is the melon, bubble gum, guava and the soft stone/tropical fruits as well as some mango notes. Grapefruit and orange also come to mind. Fairly high sweetness and hints of whole grains.

MF- Light-medium overall with a high level of carbonation and a creamy consistency. Soft and silky but ends with that jarring acrid bitterness, powdery raw hop pellet feel.

Aroma is great but the flavor and gripping bitterness take their toll as it warms up and the powdery bitterness becomes too strong.