Fancy Pants
Checkerspot Brewing Company

Poured from the can into a Spiegelau IPA glass.

Pale lemon color, with a faint haze through the body. Lots of fine slow rising carbonation, meeting to a bleach white large head. Easily meeting four fingers off the pour, classic balled retention and some lacing as well.

Solid hop aroma. Hits of a dominant tropical note, maybe some light melon like flavors as well. Faint touches of grass and malt sweetness come forward as well. Slightly divers and intriguing hop nose pushing for better than average.

Palate is noticeably sweet. Good amounts of tropical and citrus flavors, but more akin to soda pop and candy. Slightly wet body hits the mid palate with more like orange candy, or tropical notes of rancher candy that lacks some depth and tastes mostly of white sugar. Juicy and bold, but also lacks some malt depth and girth. Mild sense of chalky flavors on the aftertaste as well.

This is surprisingly sweet for much of the bold hop flavors that the beer showcases. Unfortunately that takes a bit of the pleasure away but not entirely.

 

 

Opaque gold with an medium size white head and a fair amount of lacing. Citrus focused aroma where lime shares the spotlight. Tropical fruit and stone fruit pop up in the taste to add a little contrast. A bit of spice in the finish. Juicy, moderately carbonated, medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, pretty average.

From the can, it pours a hazy light yellow color with a nice white head that slowly reduces and leaves some lacing. the nose gets a nice citrus scent, which carries through to the mouth in the taste. Pleasant overall!

Hazy yellow, nice white head, decent retention, thin rings of lace
A mélange of citrus and tropical fruit aromas, some dank, a little bit of porridge
Tastes pretty much like it smells
Medium-heavy bodied, fluffy, appropriate carbonation
Decent enough NEIPA

16 ounce can poured into a tumbler pint glass.

L: Turbid dirty/rusty water in color, half inch white head with medium retention, a bit of sediment swirling in the beer and coming to rest on the bottom.
A: Very weak piney aroma to open, hints of citrus later.
T: Citrus forward, low sweetness, moderate bitterness, bit of garden hose, grapefruit peel bitter finish.
F: Light body, medium to high carbonation, approaching crisp, peppery feel builds to hop burn.
O: This may be the ugliest beer I've ever drank, kind of a sludgy mess, it is probably the end of can run but they put it out there if that is the case, and with hop burn, not for me.