Sawyer
Outcast Brewing

1L howler from Sherbrooke Liquor store, they of a burgeoning lovey-dovey relationship with this itinerant Cowtown brewer. The pale ale, now dry hopped-up with Mosaic, and named after his other child.

This beer pours a glassy, medium copper amber colour, with two fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and well-bubbly off-white head, which leaves some disintegrating iceberg floe lace around the glass as it quickly sinks away.

It smells of slightly dank and resinous pine needles, gritty and grainy caramel malt, muddled citrus and tropical fruit notes, a weak stoney flintiness, and further leafy, weedy, and floral green hop bitters. The taste is bready and doughy caramel malt, damp forest floor greenery, a bit of dead yeastiness, some blood orange and red Texas grapefruit citrus pith, a soft minerality, and more leafy, earthy, and estery floral verdant hoppiness.

The carbonation is quite light on its barely-there, froth-free feet, the body a so-so middleweight, and generally smooth, with a wee airy creaminess arising pretty much from the get-go. It finishes off-dry, the malt holding fast, amongst the swirling and prodding hoppy-ass malingerers.

Overall, this is yet another very enjoyable offering from Outcast Brewing, as the use of the Mosaic varietal is never questioned in my book. Balanced, not too bitter, and nice and fruity - Saturday night's pizza duly awaits the rest of this serving! Oh, and Patrick - we gotta get our kids together, what with my son Finn and your son Sawyer, and all that, eh?