After Party
Sycamore Brewing

Decent Imperial IPA in the New England Style. Poured from a 16 oz can into a pint glass, this beer featured a clear gold color on first pour with a hazy gold color after that. The head was medium-sized and foamy with better than average retention. Not much lacing at the top of the glass, but as I drank it, there was a "wall" of light foamy lacing going all the way around the bottom third of the glass. Taste and aroma were fairly mild citrus, but the decent level of bitterness made up for it. Mouthfeel was somewhat crisp and nicely bitter. No alcohol harshness at 9.4%. abv!!!!! Not the most memorable IPA I've had but it went well with my Chinese take-out dinner.

This is from a 16oz can in cold storage.
From the bottom of the can: "PO: 03/26/25 10:08:48"
There is more text but a lot of it is on the edge of the can which makes it difficult to read.

Appearance: The body is gold with a light bit of haze. It has an extremely oversized fluffy white head which takes up nearly 3/4 of the glass even with careful pouring. It was obvious there would be high carbonation because it sounded like a rocket going off when cracking the can.

Aroma: It smells a bit like lemon zest. The aroma is mild but pleasant.

Taste: There is a very light bit of bitter lemon flavor that comes through. The flavor is so light it tastes almost like lemon water.

Mouthfeel: It has a mild bitter hop character. The body is light.

Overall: There isn't a lot going on with this beer. It has a bit of lemon character and a touch of lemon flavor but as a whole it is just lackluster. The beer feels very light in character which can be nice if that's what a person is looking for. The can lists this as "9.4% ALC BY VOL" which is impressive because it doesn't show in the beer at all, but it's not enough to carry the beer on its own. It's not a beer I'd buy again or recommend.