Prepartita
CRAK Brewery & TapRoom

JULY 2024.
40 cl can (€5 from the beer shop fridge).
4.8% Pale Ale, with experimental hops grown from Veneto Mr Hops, Simcoe, Azacca, El Dorado and Rakau.
On the bottom of the can: "Packaging date: 05/05/2024 - Best before: 05/12/2024".
Freshly uncorked aromas of ripe lumps and summer and tropical fruit, which amplify when poured.
Orange-yellow colour, very opaque/nebulous. Minimal and inconsistent foam.
Very tasty and tasty beer in the mouth: citrus fruits (orange peel, grapefruit, cedar) followed by tropical and summer aftertastes (melon, white peach, pineapple, a hint of coconut).
Dry finish, not bitter which leaves ample space for the fruit salad flavor (over which the citrus prevails however) on the palate.
This haziness that appears to the eye does not translate into a sensation of silkiness, in fact the extreme fruitiness leads to a dry but noticeable bitterness, without that sensation of filtering which then ends up to the detriment of the bitterness itself.
Very fragrant and tasty, but it lacks the right level of lively carbonation that would have facilitated the drinkability of a product so "dense" with flavour.