Glitter Pop
Cloudburst Brewing

 

On tap at the brewery.
Soupy blonde with creme foam. 4
Lemon hard candy and herbs. 4
Thread of snap wheat, then Juicyfruit, pear, tangerine, and herb. 4.25
Slight scratch on the finish.
Creamy, halfway to medium, some oil. 4

Citra and Hallertau Blanc.

Juicy and turbid, with some orchard fruit. On trend and on target for New England. My hopes are rising for Cloudburst. 4.25

Pours a cloudy, pale yellow-orange color with a thin white head that quickly dissipates into a crown and leaves some cobwebby lacing.

Muted aroma of melon and grapefruit with a faint spiciness behind.

Pretty unique taste. Peppery, with papaya, mixed citrus, slight mango, slight banana, nutty malt, orange rind and a bitter, somewhat chalky aftertaste. Medium bodied with low carbonation and a slightly pulpy feel.

Ain't all that glitters is gold, but this one's pretty solid.

 

 

Pour is an opaque light gold that emulates all the rage these days with a slightly muddy tinge to it. Pale apricot. Head starts off tight and white and settles into a good lacy topping and decent lacing as the level drops.

Nose is incredible off the bat with juicy tropical fruits primarily mango and some melon. Initial pour gave me a faint hint of berries but they're nowhere to be found anymore, while further exploration reveals a shadow of the grainy malts and what isn't actually a whiff of pepper but I want to say it almost was.

Flavour is not as pronounced as the aroma was, opting to blend into a more subdued palette for your palate. A soft entry point with a blush of apricot that blossoms into a blunted pithy bitter finish.

The bitterness of the finish doesn't hammer you, but builds and stands firm through the immediate future. Light bodied, with perky levels of carbonation. Maybe a touch sweet to drink too much of at once. 6.9% doesn't seem like much and you don't really taste it or anything, but by the bottom of the glass (still have ~60% of the grunt to go) I'm already feeling it. Maybe that's the lack of breakfast.

The beer comes with a medium haze in a medium gold color.

Aroma hits of green pellet hops, bready malts, citrus zest.

The flavor hits of ripe honey dew, white grape, juicy white grapefruit, zest, a bready sweetness, onto a medium to medium plus bitterness with pine, a bit of spice.