Keystone State Of Mind
New Trail Brewing Company

 

Canned on: ??????

A - Medium orange, tan, gold opaque color with dense, creamy white lacing,.

S - Dank peach and tropical fruit dominate the nose.

T - Peach and tropical fruit from start to finish and ends on the sweet side with very little bitterness.

M - Big medium body that's chewy and pillowy soft.

O - Definitely rock solid and worth a look.

 

 

Poured into a wide mouth grip shaped goblet: color is straw gold, hazy/murky/dense looking, head is off white with fine bubbles and presents 1/4 inch thick, head dissipates to thin top with no lacing

Smell is mixed tropicals, candied fruit, light pilsner and bread like malt notes, slight onion from simcoe.

Taste is more mixed tropicals, candied fruit, mixed grain flavor of pilsner/oats/wheat with light bread/biscuit notes, hint of onion from simcoe; abv is hidden well with limited booziness.

Mouthfeel is low carbonation, moderate sweetness, low/moderate bitterness - more bitterness and balance than most NT NEIPAs.

Overall an above average NT NEIPA with a more prominent aroma and bitter backing.

 

 

 

 

Two plus fingers of fluffy light khaki colored froth with a slightly rocky top... Rock solid retention... Color is a vibrant hazed medium gold with some orangish undertones... Beautiful nose of mango, orange and oats... Really inviting and somewhat intoxicating... Palate is exactly as expected... Hops presence intensifies a bit towards the end... On the fuller side of medium bodied... Lush and somewhat fluffy... Brisk carbonation... Slightly chalky finish... Nice all around brew from two of my favorite breweries... Nothing to complain about here...

 

 

In the clear glass liter mug, it looks like a carbonated unfiltered lemonade. Maybe it's just a shade darker. There's a modest off-white head, but the emptied contents of the pint can produced no extraneous foam. The head seems to be enduring. Tropical fruit is a good reference for its aroma, maybe pineapple, maybe mango, but definitely not sharply hoppy. The taste is almost amazingly soft, almost because this brewery continues to produce some of the best Imperial hazies outside of New England and maybe even including many there. There's a little more piney bite to the hopping, but it's appreciated as a counterbalance to the soft starch backbone. The mouthfeel is fine in texture and only a little alcohol bite comes through ina negative way. Come on, now, it rings in a 8.7% ABV. This brewery makes so many of these, with various labels, that it's hard to keep track. They're almost all excellent, as is this one.