Upward Below
Dancing Gnome

very good beer

 

 

 

Pours a murky pale pastel yellow with a finger of white foam. Head retention is good. Aroma is orange, tangerine, grapefruit, lemon zest and orange peel with a little bready yeast behind. It smells light and faint with just a trickle of tropical fruit coming through. Flavor profile is grapefruit, papaya, tangerine, lemon zest, bready malts and bready yeast with a little residual yeasty dryness lingering on the tongue. Tropical fruits are the opening act, comprising about 60-70% of the flavor profile. Mouth feel is medium in thickness with a prickly velvetiness that manages to work in a little crispness along with silty graininess, combing for an odd, but refreshing texture. Overall, crisp, thin and smooth with tropical fruits. It comes across as a low-calorie, low-octane option for those seeking the NEIPA style.

Served in a 15.5oz Speigalau tulip from a 16oz can.

 

Pale straw yellow, mostly opaque, with a lightly bubbly airy clear white head that settles to an uneven ring leaving some faint rounded arms of lace.

This is potently aromatic for 4%, and that translates well to the palate. Hints of biscuity light blonde characteristics are bombarded by spicy cannabic citrus, dank overripe peach and even Nelson-like peppery hops, making for a refreshingly flavorful, lighter effervescent IPA that tingles on the way down. Despite being lighter, this has a decently firm medium body.