Earth Below
New Anthem Beer Project

 

On tap in a Pilsner glass, of all things.

Thick unfiltered cloud of apricot juice looking brew. A modest white cap tapers quickly to a film and leaves sticky web lacing.

Tropical fruits, mango and more. There are grapefruit, pine, and clean biscuit malt.

Mango, tangerine, grapefruit rind, biscuit and wheat, fruit sweetness, slightest pine.

Chewy medium-full body. Rind and bitterness tone down the juiciness. Hop finish.

Smooth and drinkable. Strong tropical flavors and the juice make it a one-at-a-time beer for me.

A: Pours a murky almost milky pale orange in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate bright yellow + peach + apricot + honey colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense creamy sudsy foamy off-white head that slowly reduces to a couple of medium sized patches of medium thick film surrounded by a large patch of thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Significant amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of juicy citrus/grapefruit + tropical/mango + citrus/orange + pine hops over the top of moderate aromas of biscuit + pale + wheat + oat malts with a light amount of sugary sweetness.

T: Upfront there are moderate flavors of biscuit + pale + wheat + oat malts with a light amount of sugary sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of juicy citrus/grapefruit + tropical/mango + citrus/orange + pine hops which impart a slightly heavier than light amount of bitterness which fades away pretty quickly leaving lingering citrus + pine hop flavors.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Moderate amounts of slightly creamy soft/fluffiness mid-body and a light amount of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a pleasantly creamy soft/fluffy mouthfeel. Enjoyable with lots of good citrus + pine + tropical hop flavors and aromas. Definitely would grab this one again.