Vivid Sol
Wild Mind Ales

Late April, 2018 crowler release described as "IPA with our house wild yeast cultures. Double-dry hopped with Galaxy hops."

Poured from crowler into glass. Can is marked with fill date of '4/20(2018)'. Hand written note on can is "Dank Sol".
Murky, orange colored body. One finger white head dissipates to ring and a few small islands. Some lacing stringing left behind.
Heavy hops aroma with some orange and citrus.
Taste has some fruity aspects (subdued pineapple and orange) but is countered by a heavy dank vegetation flavor and a buttery aspect, such as from diacetyl.
Medium mouth feel.
This ended up as a drain pour. I have had 'Vivid Sol' on tap and enjoyed it, but I don't like this version.

 

This beer pours a murky golden color when poured from the crawler. There was almost no head. What is there is white
Some lacing on the glass.
The nose is rich with grapefruit, and other citrus aromas. quite rich with said aromas.
Taste - actually was a lot more mellow than the nose would imply. Some citrus, but more on the backside.
Creamy feel. Nice body.
This IPA is a very easy drinking, mellow beer. Quite delicious and tasty, and it has a nice feel to it.

Hazy, pale golden appearance, slim white head.

In the nose: citrus and tropical fruit notes, with mild bitterness. Slightly on the sweet side. Very nice.

In the mouth: Bitterness greets the palate first, traces of sweet, finishing dry. Ah, nice and cool. Tropical/citrus flavors dance on the palate, nice and bitter. The wild yeast lends a little bit of intrigue, but not a tremendous amount.

Here’s what they tell us” “An IPA brewed with our native wild yeast and microbes with 5 lbs of hops per barrel. Notes of pineapple, mango citrus and lemongrass.”

pours a cloudy pale yellow color with a white head and nice lacing. Smell is wild yeast citrus and white grapes. Starts with a white wine taste mixed with citrus and finishes dry with a slight funk. Mouth feel is soft with very little bitterness, overall the ale is a little thin.