Danky McDankerton’s
City Built Brewing Company

16 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but was just released. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of huge tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, onion, mint, peppercorn, pine, honey, cracker, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of huge tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, onion, mint, peppercorn, pine, honey, cracker, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, onion, mint, peppercorn, pine, honey, cracker, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.5%. Overall this is an awesome DIPA. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the modestely bitter/resinous/drying finish; not overly aggressive. Feels like Columbus, Chinook, Simcoe, and Galaxy. Extremely dank, vibrant, earthy, and fairly juicy hops; with a great balancing bready malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive style example. They nailed what they were going for a 4/20 dank IPA.

 

Nice golden hazy darker pale orange, smells like blueberry yogurt, pastry, nice blueberry yougurt flavor, orange, lime, bitter, earthy, a bit thin, but very enjoyable and drinkable.