PMK PIE’D IPA
Tattered Flag Brewery & Still Works

I may have left Tattered Flag in my rear view mirror, thanks to their ongoing willingness to CAN fruited beers that have a real tendency to turn into grenades, but this one surfaced in the backlog. The CANQuest (tm) is a firm believer in "waste not, want not" so I am eradicating it & moving on smartly.

From the CAN: "India Pale Ale Brewed with Lactose, Pumpkin, and Spices".

I Crack!ed open the vent on this CAN, only to be pleasantly surprised with a small spritz across my fingertips. It was the result of CANother brimful craft CAN & so I beCAN a slow, gentle C-Line Glug so as not to waste CANother drop. It had an interesting foaming action in that I only got just over a finger of foamy, soapy, rocky, eggshell-white head with minimal retention, quickly falling away to wisps. Color was a faintly-hazy Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7). Nose had a pronounced spiciness, but not really much in the way of perceptible hops. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was more like a Pumpkin Ale than an NEIPA in that the spices were clearly the focus in this one, drowning out everything else in their noisiness. This makes for a difficult rating since it is clearly NOT to style and CANother example of 21st Amendment's Blah, Blah, Blah IPA Syndrome in which everything is an IPA while nothing is. The spices were the usual suspects of clove, cinnamon & nutmeg, but there was no evidence of any hops. Further, other than the light haze, the lactose did not seem to be CANtributing much in this mélange. Hmm. Finish was dry and spicy, as was to be expected with spices as an adjunct. I have had better Pumpkin Beers and certainly better NEIPAs. 8=p YMMV.