Strawberry Creamsicle
Decadent Ales

 

 

 

 

 

Poured 10/27/18, 9/11/18 date code on bottom of can. Paid 4.49 for a single 16 oz can.

Look: Hazy golden orange body, soft off white foam head consisting of mainly separate small bubbles that is well retained.

Smell: Citrus and berries and other fruit, some cream aspect to it.

Taste: Whipped cream, orange and tropical fruit zest offset by sweetness attributable to berries of some sort (presumably strawberry), some earthy, pine forest floor hops. Alcohol comes and goes.

Feel: Medium-heavy viscosity, soft carbonation that doesn't really pop, creamy mouthfeel but you still know its carbonated. Flavors kind of cling to the mouth.

 

Compared to, say, Bolero Snort’s similar series, Decadent is superior.

Great mouthfeel and not super complex but really nails the strawberry/vanilla with a smooth and delightful lingering finish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOOKS: Very hazy. Looks like burnt orange juice. The off white head fades to a ring, and a mild lacing is left as you drink.
AROMA: Strawberries, and orange peel. Does smell like cream a bit, but, no vanilla bean that I pick up.
TASTE: The vanilla comes out in the finish, especially, but is mild. strawberry is mild, citrus comes out nicely. Low bitterness, but, a bit of a tart note.
FEEL: Soft, well carbonated, slightly sticky, dryer on finish. Medium full body.
OVERALL: Really love the overall feel, and the flavors are a little sharp, for me, but not bad at all.

 

Pouring from a 16 oz. can into a snifter glass. This beer pours out completely hazy and a dull orange color. It forms a thin white crown and there is sediment floating throughout. The smell is a beautiful sweetness of vanilla beans mixing with citrus. I'm not picking up any strawberry in the nose but the taste brings in that strawberry beautifully with the vanilla still being present. Neither one is fighting each other, they are in it together like the best of friends. I would say each one could be more pronounced, but then it might alter the amazingly drinkable balance of this. Completely creamy and smooth mouthfeel all the way through. This is really good.