Palate Painter Mosaic
Booneshine Brewing Company

 

Poured from 16oz can into a kitchen glass. No date on can that I could see.

Appearance: medium golden hue with a clear body and a finger of frothy ivory foam atop.

Smell: quite sweet and malty with a bit of caramel and a hop character with both grapefruit and passionfruit notes. A bit malty, but also with modern hop sensibilities.

Taste: like the aroma, it’s on the sweet & malty side for an IPA. The hop flavors are somewhat earthy, but again with those little hints of grapefruit and passionfruit. I won’t say it’s my favorite IPA in the world, but it seems well-made and will certainly have an audience.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a pretty good carbonation and creaminess for the style.

Overall: this seems like a pretty solid IPA, but its flavor profile just isn’t quite my cup o’ tea.

 

 

Enjoyed a can while dining at the Red Onion restaurant in Boone, NC 8-22-22 for $4.75.

Beer poured orange with an okay white head.

Nose was fresh citrus but not super pungent.

Taste was a light malt base that allowed the mosaic to shine thru that gave it a grapefruit and orange flavor. FInished with a nice pine bite; 7/10 on my scale.

Mouthfeel was very light and very refreshing.

Overall a solid brew.

 

 

 

 

 

Unfiltered looking orange beer with a dense white head that leaves bands of lacing. Nice malty sweet aroma with tropical fruit, pine and some sweet caramel. Tastes sweet up front with some some caramel, honey notes. There is tropical fruit with a bit of mango, papaya and orange. Dry, bitter finish with mainly pine. Pretty solid beer.

 

Pours a hazy yellow with orange background.
Definite East coast hop style.
Pine flavor with hints of honey and caramel.
Bitter enough for great flavor but doesn't cause a pucker.
Flavor is great and pairs well with meat and bar food.
Head is solid with a good pour.
Not too filling but definitely not light.
Great find.