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16oz can. Poured out a hazy, golden orange color with a small, white head of bubbly foam. It smelled of citrus, pineapple, vanilla and caramel. Sweet caramel taste with orange, pineapple and creaminess.

 

 

16 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but was just released. Pours fairly hazy deep golden/amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, mint, pine, cream, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, lactose, and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, mint, pine, cream, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, mint, pine, cream, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, lactose, and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 9.5%. Overall this is an awesome milkshake DIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, lactose, and bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the ABV; with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Awesome Citra/Simcoe profile. Very juicy and fairly dank/earthy hop complexity; great lactose and pale/wheat malt backbone. Not overly sweet from lingering resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and well made style example. More of a hazy than NE style, as with others I've had from them. Still really impressive.