Notion of Courage
Great Notion Brewing

 

 

 

Canned on 10/14/22; consumed on 11/14/22

Pours an opaque, glossy dark gold body capped with multiple fingers of fluffy, eggshell-white foam; great head retention leaves a few spotty islands of cap, slight, frothy collar, and myriad webs of chunky lacing coating the walls of the glass.

Aroma opens to key lime grazing orange juice, with distant edges of jasmine an herbaceous contrast to tropical bubblegum and musty white grape developing over time.

Taste offers underripe guava and subtler green strawberry with tangerine edges upfront; musty wheat backs key lime and pink grapefruit over the mid-palate, while creamy mango enveloped in earthy resins mark the finish.

Mouthfeel brings a medium body and moderate carbonation, diffusing a stiffer prickle against a juicy contrast; slick resins underlying across the mid-palate lead into a creamy finish with wispy bittering trailing past the swallow.

Tentatively contrasted boggy resins and juicy overtones engage as the inherent, earthy subtext foils the greater sweetness to an easygoing equilibrium; bright and steady, with an appealing directness of expression throughout.

Canned 10/14. Very thick pour, almost in smoothie territory. Fruit on the nose, thick head. Color is light wheat with strong carbonation. Very smooth, dangerously so...a stiff 8.5% ABV with no alcohol burn at all. Light on the tongue for such a dense packing of flavors. Clean finish. Very good.