In The Future When All's Well
Long Live Beerworks

 

 

 

16oz. Can served in a tumbler. Pours a dull, turbid orange with a creamy, 1/8th inch, bright white head embedded with pinpricks. Nose reveals citrus fruit, mango and pith. Taste follows nose; however, more pith and a hint of bubblegum and melon. Mouthfeel is light-medium in body with an assertive carbonation and a kiss of oiliness to the texture. Overall, drinkable with a nice amount of complexity.

Canned on 12/27/21; consumed on 1/7/22

Pours an entirely opaque, darker bronzed golden body topped with multiple fingers of fluffy, soapy, white foam; great head retention leaves just under a finger of cap, a large, rocky, frothy collar, and webby curtains of lacing caked across the walls of the glass.

Aroma highlights a bright, juicy array of pineapple, white grape, and overripe mango for a persistent tropical overlay; a tinge of mossy bubblegum yeast phases toward a clementine twang as wilted mint juxtaposes fresh peach on the close.

Taste opens to pineapple, papaya, and white grape into creamy, underripe mango with a noticeable minerality over the mid-palate; peach skins accentuate sweeter stone fruit undertones as grapefruit peel, mossy hops, jackfruit, and tangerine zest comprise the back end of the profile.

Mouthfeel brings a medium-light body with fluffy, moderate carbonation leveling to a mineralic tautness with a briefly drying sensation over the mid-palate, and peaking with a moderate juicy texture into the back end as a glistening, resinous 'pop' invigorates the finish.

Another engaging hop combo from Long Live brings a detailed saturation of intensely focused tropical notes with a brightly dank overlay; ripe and appealing, the eclectic balance of tone isn't always consistent, though it does maintain waves of compensatory interest throughout.