Second Wind
Revision Brewing Company

A recent distro to my market, looks like this is a new beer for Revision, but it boasts that familiar HBC 586 and Mosaic that they (and everyone else frankly) seem to be utilizing a lot right now. Still, I'm not complaining. It starts with a delightfully inviting pour the color of orange marmalade, hazy and bright with a creamy white cap of foam. Stone fruit, mango, papaya, melon, apricot, nectarine, all leap from the glass and find their way into the flavor profile. Very tropical and fruity, juicy...minimal bitterness, moderate body on this one with really no warmth to speak of. This is well-executed.

Here we go, yet again reviewing a hoppy beer from Revision Brewing. They've even went full court press on bringing even more slightly different hoppy beers (i.e. current societal push for variety) under a new umbrella, the electric eye alter ego company fully controlled subsidiary of Revision. Good times.

Pours yet another hazy chicken soup like appearance. 1" white head. Aroma hits the tropical spots first, guava, passion fruit and mango. Little bit of that strawberry cough to it. Oddball citrus.

Taste is the familiar trope, a medley of proprietary hops giving various fruity impact like sensations running the gamut from tropical to stone to citrus. The usual heavy handed (appreciated) financially questionable amount of hops. Body is great and the typical testament to Revision making a strong beer drink so effortlessly. They can't keep getting away with it! Tamps down bitterness, but still hitting, not trubby, its almost down to a science just as much as its an art.

Poured from a 16 ounce undated can into a snifter.

Look- Pale gold, very hazy, opaque, slightly off white creamy head, average head retention and lacing.

Smell- Orange, lime, mango, medium strength of scent.

Taste- Lime, orange, mango, melon, pith, mildly sour, medium strength of flavor.

Feel- Between thin and medium body, average carbonation, mildly astringent, moderately bitter, mildly creamy, soft.

Overall- This beer provided an average drinking experience. Based on price and past experience from this brewery this beer was somewhat of a disappointment for me.

 

16oz can from Brewers Haven. Hazy orange golden pour, subsiding white foamy head. Aroma is stone fruit and dank. Taste brings big dank notes, fruity, apricot, pineapple, lemon. Creamy feel, dank hops grab you by the tonsils. Lingering bitterness.