Sail Into The West
Sapwood Cellars Brewery

Poured from the can into a Libbey style pilsner glass.

Pale and bright lemon yellow, with total clarity. Has a bit of that "doctor" sample look to it unfortunately, with a big bleach white head that is low in retention and quite bubbly. Top ups, will cloud the body eventually.

Aroma is huge on a big grape like must character no surprise. There's also a huge amount of smokey woody and big earth coming off of this. Not too unfamiliar with this aroma, but if you are into Sauvignon Blanc or that certain riesling like character, you know what this is, and to some it's real offensive. Bold and really brash, I am very curious to see how the palate turns out though. There's also a real nice stoned fruit and particular apricot like quality coming off.

Very interesting and unexpected experience on first sip. Clean and good malt backbone but filled with a touch of tropical and grass like flavors. The added grape juice gives to wild earth and even cidery like flavors that are musty, smokey, and large on apple and pear. Finishes a bit clean but also peppery and somewhat cider bubbly and prickly, with real good dried nectarine apricot stone fruit character.

Neat unique tasting lager, with the added Sauvignon Blanc grape juice, but this might not be everybody's cup of tea.