Balladeer
Ballad Brewing

 

From the pint can, it pours a hazy lighter amber color with a modest white head that reduces to a nice ring and lacing. The nose gets pine and citrus scents, followed by the mouth getting some sweetness along with some mild bitterness.

Found a can dated in early 2024 in 2025 - not much flavor after so much time!

 

Billed as similar to Two Hearted by the beer store clerk, he's not too far off but the similarities are skin deep. Starts off good looking with a stable, thick white head over a crystal clear light amber body. Mixed in with candy tropical fruit is a blend of both earthy and sweet malts, giving the nose pretty decent depth. Taste starts with candy fruit hop presence with it's accompanying hop spice bitterness but the taste kind of falls off after that, meaning that the malt depth that flirted in the nose didn't translate to the taste, rather leaving a touch of tartness as the taste exits in wet and thin fashion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

L: Had this on-tap at Catbird, poured into a pint glass. Had a bright golden yellow color and a hazy consistency. There was an inch of foamy, fairly long-lasting head. Excellent lacing.

S: A somewhat muted aroma of hops, malt, and some citrus.

T: Tasted of a mild bit of sweet malt (in the finish, mostly), some hops content (not quite enough), a tinge of pine, and a bit of citrus fruit (lemon, grapefruit). The overriding impression of the flavor is thin. It has some character up front (mainly from the hops), but the finish is especially thin and watery. Very underwhelming.

F: A good amount of carbonation with a smooth (if thin) finish. Light-bodied.

O: Kind of a disappointing beer. It feels unfinished. Could have been better.