Tricorder
Wayfinder Beer

Unfiltered golden yellow body. Crisp mineral, floral, touch of earth, crackery grain and medium toasted bread. Similar profile to CZAF, I think. Crisp medium body, good carbonation, medium lingering bitterness that doesn't get in way of the next sip.

 

16oz can

Pours only a finger of semi-fizzy white head into my Pilsner glass. Retention is below average, and the head fades within a minute or so; it does leave a nice film though. Initial lacing looks pretty good. Body is golden, crystal clear, with almost zero bubbles coming up. Looks ok so far, has potential.

Nose is a lovely dose of slightly sweet, bready malts, and a full bouquet of grassy hops; ever so slightly floral as well. Wonderfully balanced, I can’t wait to dive in.

Malts are certainly more sourdough-like on the flavor. Hop flavor drops off a little bit as well. Towards the end of the beer, the flavor takes a pretty big hit and loses most of its character. That said, overall this is fine, pretty standard flavor profile for a Czech Pils, but the nose hyped me up a bit more than this.

Mouthfeel is also much drier than the nose led on, though I suppose that dichotomy isn’t unusual for a Pilsner. Bitterness isn’t aggressive, it’s appropriately hopped and the bitterness only plays a minimal supporting role. Carbonation is high, borderline minerally at times, which comes out heavily as the flavor drops. Body is standard, about medium. Overall, this is to-style.

Drinkability is perfectly fine, this is light and tasty enough.

Appearance turned out somewhat poor, zero lacing, but this glass may have some soap residue on it, so I’ll give it a break.

Overall a nice example of the style (albeit a safe one), the former is certainly expected from Wayfinder.

 

Can from The Beermongers.

A clear golden orange with a dense light yellow head with good retention and lacing this looks great. The nose is soft, doughy, creamy, moderately hoppy. A really lovely rich malt character is present with notes of melanoidin. The palate opens mildly bitter with firm lemon, earth, bitter lime, along with a rich malt character with bread, dough, a little straw and wet hay. Drying, bitter, lightly doughy and lightly snappy on the finish with a lingering hop bite. Light in body, almost watery, with a moderate carbonation. Very good.