Krass Lager
Rustic Leaf Brewing Company

16 ounce crowler into lager glass, filled on 7/14/2019. Pours crystal clear medium golden yellow color with a small fairly dense white head with solid retention, that reduces to a minimal spotty lace cap that lingers. Minimal spotty lacing on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Good appearance. Aromas of lemon, tangerine, peach, pear, apricot, melon, gooseberry, white grape/wine, cracker, white bread dough, and lightly toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of peppercorn, pine, wood, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity hops and pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, tangerine, peach, pear, apricot, melon, gooseberry, white grape/wine, cracker, white bread dough, and lightly toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of peppercorn, pine, wood, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, tangerine, peach, pear, apricot, melon, gooseberry, white grape/wine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, peppercorn, pine, wood, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity hops and pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with no yeasty notes. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 5.9%. Overall this is a delicious pale lager. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity hops and pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Great showcase of juicy/vibrant Nelson Sauvin hops; with a great clean pils malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp drying. A very enjoyable offering, and impressively well made style example as expected.