Vertices
Funguys Brewing

No canning date (released on 5/12/21, so presumably canned within a few days of that date); consumed on 6/9/21

Pours a turbid, almost milky golden body capped with just over a finger of dense, fluffy, eggshell-white foam; solid head retention leaves a rocky sliver of cap accompanied by an expansive, creamy collar around the surface and a fervent spread of webby lacing coating the walls of the glass.

Aroma features an initial burst of fresh pineapple chunks with a mossy undertone and edged with a slight gooseberry backing; intermittent touches of tropically-laced cream cut the building dankness, highlighting tangerine zest, orange peel, and papaya over the middlez with guava and touches of strawberry into the close.

Taste opens with softer pineapple feeding into papaya rind balanced with a touch of cream; faintest cherry skins meet a mossy dankness over the mid-palate before mild strawberry and guava flesh linger against fading white grape skins on the back end and through the finish.

Mouthfeel brings a baseline medium body beneath a fluffy carbonation interspersing smooth resins between a pillowy hop prickle; moderate grit grazes the mid-palate with a soft, encroaching bitterness into the back end and intermittent juicy textures through the finish.

Flashes of brilliance firmed up with precision in the form of a deft semi-resin beneath deeper tropical fruits, this NEIPA shows heavy promise, with a certain shyness in character and general inconsistency the only things holding it back from the upper realm of the style.

A: Pours a milky murky pale yellow in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate bright yellow + pale orange + peach + apricot colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense sudsy creamy foamy white head that slowly reduces to a handful of small patches of medium thick film surrounded by a large patch of thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate to significant amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of juicy tropical/mango + citrus/orange + citrus/grapefruit + strawberry + tropical/pineapple hops over the top of light to moderate aromas of biscuit + pale + oat + honey malts with a light to moderate amount of honey-like sweetness.

T: Upfront there are just shy of moderate flavors of biscuit + pale + oat + honey malts with a light to moderate amount of honey-like sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of juicy tropical/mango + citrus/orange + citrus/grapefruit + strawberry + tropical/pineapple hops that impart a hint of bitterness which fades away almost instantly leaving slightly stronger than moderate lingering strawberry + citrus + tropical hop flavors.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Initially slightly crisp with a light to moderate amount of soft/fluffiness + creaminess mid-body with a light amounts of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a very pleasantly soft/fluffy mouthfeel. Very enjoyable with tons of citrus + tropical + strawberry hops. Very refreshing and I would gladly grab a couple of more of these (if I could get them).