Drawing the Line
Root + Branch Brewing

 

 

Canned on 4/26/23; consumed on 6/1/23

Pours an opaque, dark sunflower-gold body capped with multiple fingers of rich, eggshell-white foam; great head retention produces a slim layer of cap, a moderate, frothy collar, and haphazard spattering of webby/spotty lacing dotted around the walls of the glass.

Aromas of fluffy oats meet papaya and passionfruit juice, with mossy edges engaging floral resins as shreds of pineapple and guava peel linger on the back end of the bouquet.

Taste shows pineapple alongside kiwi Gushers upfront, with guava juice trending into a lingering lemon zest over the mid-palate meeting fluffy oats on the back end and grapefruit and musty papaya lingering through the finish.

Mouthfeel offers a body on the lighter end of medium along with a stellar fluff of carbonation imparting a pillowy, airy-soft prickle lingering through an extended twang of the mildest accord as juicy resins gloss over the back end of the palate.

Bright and flamboyantly hopped to overarching sensations of fruity earth, slick resins proceed to guide an effortless temperament to a pillowy, quaffable TIPA.

 

 

Vivid sunflower haze. Nose is mango and fruit leather, w/ a faint smokey resin. Taste is big stone fruit and pineapple, pine resin, and a little smoky earthiness. Slick, smooth mouthfeel. Very little hint of abv. The aspirations of this beer succumb to the weight of the smoke component, unfortunately.