No Comfort
Wren House Brewing Co.

Received via a trade. Can stamped See You in Helles. Canned on 06/08/20. Can says that its a collaborative effort with Wayfinder & Holy Mountain Brewing Company.

Pour retains a nice single-finger foam of head that slowly dissipates. Moderate carbonation.

This starts as a fairly standard take on a traditional style, but is growing on me as it warms a bit. Good citrus smell with some piney notes. A bit slippery on the feel.

Would gladly have another but alas not to be on this day.

Canned on 6/8/20

Pours a translucent golden straw body topped with just over a finger of fluffy, white cap; sub-par head retention yields a wispy cap, moderate, frothy collar, and evenly-dispersed spread of dense, webby lacing speckled around the glass.

Aroma welcomes raw tones of white bread dough against sweet biscuit upfront; lemon peel and musty hay offer an eclectic shift along the middle before grass and a gritty grain tone find a balance among the previously contrasted elements.

Taste brings out robust pale malts, fresh white bread flipping quickly into toasted crusts, and tempered by a light touch of grassy hops; honeysuckle grit and a bright minerality spark past the mid-palate and toward the finish, where light lemon and orange zest fade against an inherent grain past the swallow as jasmine tea leaves linger along the palate.

Mouthfeel features a light body and a moderate, semi-fluffy carbonation offering a spritzy prickle into the mid-palate; a clean crispness rounds past the mid-palate as light, gritty hop presence largely takes hold into the finish, though still remaining balanced.

A traditional malt base peeks through beyond fleetingly bombastic hop touches, which impart a uniquely robust character at the cost of a more level-headed profile; all in all, a refreshing take on the style, and one that easily maintains your attention.