Anti-Social Butterfly
Resident Culture Brewing Company

Hazy, yellow color. Medium-sized, white head. Mango, papaya, peach, and malt in the aroma. Moderate bitterness in fruity taste. Soft mouthfeel. Good but nothing special.

Moderately hazy, soft pale yellow body; excellent carbonation; very thick and sudsy white head; sticky fingers of foam streak the glass. Dull aroma; faint citrus and pineapple; light graininess; some white grapefruit. Lemony tart; yeasty and doughy; moderate to heavy bitterness. Medium body; dry and prickly on the palate; minor alcohol burn.

Well, this one is probably a relatively old sample of the beer (although no dating information seen on the can). Thus, a lot of the bold, strong hop presence lacks subtlety and nuance. It still looks superb, but I just don't get much worthwhile aroma and the taste, while fair enough, just doesn't really make for a very memorable impression.

Wow, first thing that stands out, even before opening, is that this can art is freaking gorgeous. A real eye catcher. Anyway.

It pours a pale hazy - like a straw more so than a golden orange. Tons of tropical fruit and tangerine on the nose - starfruit as well. Very sweet citrus forward along with a touch of Dole pineapple, some grapefruit pith, kind of some passionfruit. It's soft with minimal bitterness. It's a really nice IPA.

 

 

 

A: Pours a milky murky pale yellow in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate bright yellow + straw yellow + lemon yellow + pale orange + apricot colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense sudsy foamy bright white head that slowly reduces to a couple of medium sized patches of thick film covering a little more than 30% of the surface of the beer each surrounded by a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of juicy tropical/mango + citrus/orange zest + tropical/melon + tropical/pineapple + stone fruit/peach hops over the top of light to moderate aromas of biscuit + pale + oat malts with a light amount of sugary sweetness.

T: Upfront there is a light to moderate flavor of biscuit + pale + oat malts with a light amount of sugary sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of juicy tropical/mango + citrus/orange zest + tropical/melon + tropical/pineapple + stone fruit/peach hops which impart a minimal amount of bitterness which fades away almost instantly leaving moderate lingering tropical + stone fruit hop flavors.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly crisp initially with a moderate amount of soft/fluffiness mid-body and a light to moderate amount of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a pleasantly soft/fluffy mouthfeel. Enjoyable with an interesting combination of hop flavors and aromas with the tropical + citrus + stone fruit. I could easily have a couple of these.

A: The beer is very hazy pale yellow in color. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that died down a bit but left a thin coating of bubbles covering the surface and lots of lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of mango are present in the nose along with notes of melon and stone fruit.
T: The taste has flavors of stone fruit along with notes of coconut and hints of mango, pine and pineapple. No bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels medium-bodied and juicy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This New England IPA has an interesting contrast between the smell (tropical and juicy) and the taste, which is a bit piney and spicy.

Serving type: can