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Counter Weight Brewing Company

 

A: cloudy; medium gold in color; 1 finger finely pored white head that receded to a thin cap; sheets of lace;

S: pine, pineapple, and orange;

T: follows the nose through the middle; finish is quite dank; mild to moderate bitterness at the end;

M: medium bodied; moderate carbonation; moderately dry finish;

O: very enjoyable;

 

From a 16oz can, dated 10/23/20. Served in an IPA glass.

Pours milky-cloudy, pale grapefruit-gold with two fingers of soft fluff. Retention is excellent, leaving a sudsy cap and fat gobs of lacing.

Aroma is unexceptional, faint, clean bready maltiness and sweet orange.

Taste is drier and more bitter than the nose led me to expect. Grapefruit peel, orange slices and crackers with a dry, baking soda bite.

Feel is slick in front and drying in the end... if that even makes sense. Medium-light bodied with ample fine, prickly carbonation.

Interesting contrast, or contradiction, or whatever, between the juicy orange slices and the dry soda crackers - I’d perceive one on one sip and the other on the next.

Sampling a cold 16 oz can poured into a snifter. Can was picked up at the brewery.
Pours a murky goldenrod to copper color with a fluffy bleached white head of 2 cm foaming up. Huge windowpane lattice on the sides of the glass as the foam subsides. Remains as a rocky edge layer of foam well into the sampling.
ARoma is citrusy with orange notes, some mango or peach too and a little bit of grapefruit. Hints of biscuity malt buried in the background on this one.
First sip reveals an light to average body with smooth texture. Very fine, gentle rolling carbonation on this brew and it all adds up to a relatively soft mouthfeel.
Flavor is similar to the nose, some biscuit again, then lots of mango and orange and a lingering sweet orange note hangs out on my palate long after I swallow. The finish is also very dry and I never get any sense of the ABV on this beer.
Pretty enjoyable IPA that is good at showcasing some citrusy hop character.

 

 

On tap at the brewery. Pours a hazy brownish orange with an inch of head. Some lacing. Sweet aroma of orange, grapefruit, pineapple, mango and lime. The taste is mango, papaya, peach, grapefruit and pineapple. Some lime and orange peel bitterness as well. Citrus finish. Medium body with a soft mouthfeel.