Spool Toorf
Ascension Brewing Company

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned in 4/2019. Pours opaquely hazy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango honeydew melon, froot loops, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, marshmallow, vanilla, cream, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops, cereal, marshmallow, lactose, and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, froot loops, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, marshmallow, vanilla, cream, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, froot loops, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, marshmallow, vanilla, cream, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops, cereal, marshmallow, lactose, and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/lactose/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready/grainy, fairly sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 9.2%. Overall this is a fantastic flavored milkshake NEDIPA. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops, cereal, marshmallow, lactose, and bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Fantastically soft feel, and not aggressive. Fantastic Galaxy/Mosaic profile. Extremely juicy and fairly dank/earthy hops with balanced cereal/marshmallow flavors; with a great lactose and wheat/oat/malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example as expected.