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Central State Brewing

 

 

1 PINT can
Served in a stemless wine glass

This beer pours a hazy amber hue. It is topped with a couple inches of champagne-like head that disappeared quickly leaving no lacing.

The smell is tropical fruit, melon, and grapefruit.

The taste starts out with some tropical fruit notes. I get melon through the middle. Grapefruit is in the finish.

Medium bodied with an effervescent and mildly dry mouthfeel

This is a solid beer. I need to try some more from this brewery.

On tap. Poured a hazy, golden orange color with a small, white head of foam. It smelled of orange, pineapple and toasted caramel. Sweet tropical fruit taste with caramel and a sharp bitterness.

 

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 6/1/2019. Pours very hazy medium golden amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with solid retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Good appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smoth, moderately creamy/grainy/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that us great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is an excellent session NEIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and pretty refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Nicely soft feel, and not overly aggressive. Awesome Citra, Mosaic profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, dank, and earthy balanced hop complexity; with a great clean oat/malt backbone for the ABV. Mild residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example. Loved the hop profile as expected.