Nothing Grows Here
Troon Brewing

Crowler canned on 1/19/22; consumed on 5/11/22

Pours a turbid, milky straw-gold body capped with just over a finger of creamy, white foam; solid head retention yields a vague veil of cap, a thin yet rich collar, and ample spattering of spotty lacing alongside firm, webby rings encompassing the walls of the glass.

Aroma highlights a tinge of waxy white grape meeting fresh mango upfront, with mushy white grapefruit and increasingly boggy edges of musty lime contrasting fresh orange essence, peaking with a dank lavender brightness, circumventing convention with the abject harmony of floral and sweet tones found across the bouquet.

Tastes of creamy guava invigorated by tinges of passionfruit and lime as a dank grass overlay progresses to waxy resins and musty orange on the back end, while lingering bits of grapefruit finish.

Mouthfeel shows a medium-full body with carbonation on the lower end of moderate; a hop twang enlivens into creamy textures abounding over the mid-palate, a juicy peak lingering alongside a ripe hop grit and an overall clean characteristic through the close.

The danker edge is fresh and forward, permeating a waxy ripeness across velvety resins and encompassed in an ostensibly raw hop essence; a masterful display of contrasts, highlighting both the far reaches of creamy tropics and new earth in a single NEIPA package.