Skadoosh LXVI
The Alchemist

No canning date (released on 4/14/22, so presumably canned within a few days of that date); consumed on 4/21/22

Pours a foggy, honey-gold/burnt orange body topped with a finger of fluffy, off-white foam; solid head retention leaves a few chunky islands of cap along with a moderate, creamy collar and a generous display of speckled lacing spread around the walls of the glass.

Aroma offers grassy resins feeding into underripe grapefruit peel and increasingly floral overtones, peaking with dried lavender against a crisp, flaky malt backdrop as sweeter undertones of mango and guava bring further nuance to the bouquet over time.

Taste opens to red grapefruit and fresh tangerine pith peaking with resounding saturations of orange peel softened with musty straw and slight cracker malt over the mid-palate; bitter conifer into the back end breeds shreds of dank resins easing into the finish.

Mouthfeel shows a medium body with a moderate, fluffy carbonation elevating taut, crisp textures over a silky mid-palate sporting boggy resins building to an amplified bitterness into the back end then lingering through an otherwise cleanly palatable finish.

Notable contrasts between intensely piney and subtle, semi-sweet fruity characteristics mark another successfully balanced hybrid IPA steeped in earthy bitterness alongside a formidably resinous and fruity hop profile.